Creating a Microservice

Using a coding agent is the best way of working with microservices, including the creation of new ones.

Using a Coding Agent

Step 1: Initialize the Coding Agent

Start your coding agent, e.g.:

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Step 2: Create a New Microservice

Use a prompt similar to the following to create a new microservice.

Create a new “stripe” microservice that will process credit card payments via Stripe. Place it under the @financial/ directory. Set its hostname to “stripe.financial.ex”.

Step 3: Implement the Business Logic

Use prompts such as the following to add one feature at a time to the microservice:

Add a config property that will hold the Stripe API key. Make it secret.

Create a functional endpoint “CreateIntent” that accepts a credit card number, email, and a dollar amount as arguments, and calls the Stripe API to create an intent. If successful, it should return the transaction ID.