Services
To visualize request flows, see the Service Diagram.
| Service | Language | Description |
|---|---|---|
| accountingservice | Go | Processes incoming orders and count the sum of all orders (mock/). |
| adservice | Java | Provides text ads based on given context words. |
| cartservice | .NET | Stores the items in the user’s shopping cart in Redis and retrieves it. |
| checkoutservice | Go | Retrieves user cart, prepares order and orchestrates the payment, shipping and the email notification. |
| currencyservice | C++ | Converts one money amount to another currency. Uses real values fetched from European Central Bank. It’s the highest QPS service. |
| emailservice | Ruby | Sends users an order confirmation email (mock/). |
| frauddetectionservice | Kotlin | Analyzes incoming orders and detects fraud attempts (mock/). |
| frontend | JavaScript | Exposes an HTTP server to serve the website. Does not require sign up / login and generates session IDs for all users automatically. |
| loadgenerator | Python/Locust | Continuously sends requests imitating realistic user shopping flows to the frontend. |
| paymentservice | JavaScript | Charges the given credit card info (mock/) with the given amount and returns a transaction ID. |
| productcatalogservice | Go | Provides the list of products from a JSON file and ability to search products and get individual products. |
| quoteservice | PHP | Calculates the shipping costs, based on the number of items to be shipped. |
| recommendationservice | Python | Recommends other products based on what’s given in the cart. |
| shippingservice | Rust | Gives shipping cost estimates based on the shopping cart. Ships items to the given address (mock/). |