This repository contains a microservices-based e-commerce application for buying and selling used items. The application is designed to provide a platform for users to browse, list, and chat about items they want to buy or sell.

• Features
• Architecture
• Technologies
• Services
• Setup
• Usage
• API Documentation
• Authentication
• Contributing
• License

• User registration and authentication using JWT tokens.
• Customer management.
• Advertisement listing and search.
• Real-time chat between users.
• Frontend and backend orchestration services.

The application follows a microservices architecture, with the following components:

• Identity Service: Handles user registration and authentication.
• Customer Service: Manages customer profiles.
• Ads Service: Manages advertisement listings and searches.
• Chat Service: Provides real-time chat functionality.
• Search Service: Provides Ads searching functionality.
• Frontend Service: The user interface for the application.
• Backend Orchestrator Service: Orchestrates communication between the services.

• Java and Kotlin
• Spring Boot for REST APIs and gRPC services
• JWT for user authentication
• AWS DynamoDB for the database

• Identity Service: Link to Identity Service README
• Customer Service: Link to Customer Service README
• Ads Service: Link to Ads Service README
• Chat Service: Link to Chat Service README
• Search Service: Link to Chat Service README
• Frontend Service: Link to Frontend Service README
• Backend Orchestrator Service: Link to Orchestrator Service README

Please follow the individual READMEs for each service to set up and run the microservices.

• Start each service using the provided instructions.
• Access the frontend service for the user interface.
• Explore the API documentation for REST and gRPC endpoints.

• Link to API Documentation

• JWT tokens are used for user authentication.
• Make requests with a valid JWT token in the Authorization header.

If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow our Contribution Guidelines.

This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. - see the LICENSE file for details.

For detailed information about each service and how to set up and use them, please refer to the individual service READMEs.

Happy coding!