User Interface

Users can use a REST API provided by the modules exposing their gRPC service APIs using grpc-gateway. Most modules expose most of their gRPC services this way; notable exceptions are the Notifications module and most of the Depot module.

Note: The REST APIs are mounted at http://localhost:8080/api/*.

Swagger UI

To make things easier to experiment and run examples, the REST APIs can be accessed with the Swagger UI found at the root of the web server: http://localhost:8080/.

Running the monolith

The monolith and the process it depends on can be started using Docker Compose. We can navigate to the root directory where the docker-compose.yml file exists and run the following command: