UserInfo Microservice

This Flask application provides a RESTful API for managing user information, including recruiters and job seekers.

Features

• Get user information by email
• Retrieve all recruiters
• Retrieve all job seekers
• Get total user count
• Create new users
• Update user company information
• Delete users

Tech Stack

• 🐍 Python
• 🌶️ Flask
• 🐘 PostgreSQL
• ☁️ AWS S3 (optional)
• 🐳 Docker

Setup

1. Install required packages:

   pip install flask psycopg2-binary boto3
   

2. Configure the database connection in the script:

   • Update db_host, db_port, db_user, db_password, and db_name variables

3. (Optional) Configure AWS S3 for picture uploads:

   • Uncomment and update S3 configuration variables
   • Implement the upload_to_s3 function

API Endpoints

• GET /userinfo/<email>: Get user information
• GET /userinfo/recruiters: Get all recruiters
• GET /userinfo/jobseekers: Get all job seekers
• GET /userinfo/total_count: Get total user count
• POST /userinfo: Create a new user
• PUT /userinfo/<email>: Update user's company
• DELETE /userinfo/<email>: Delete a user

Middleware

• 📝 Request logging: Logs request information to request_log.txt
• 📊 Response logging: Logs response information to response_log.txt

Docker Commands

To build and run the application using Docker:

1. View running Docker containers:

   docker ps
   

2. Build the Docker image:

   docker build -t userinfoms:latest .
   

3. Run the Docker container:

   docker run userinfoms:latest
   

4. Run the Docker container with port binding:

   docker run -p 5001:5001 userinfoms:latest
   

5. Stop all running Docker containers:

   docker stop $(docker ps -q)
   

Running the Application Locally

If you're not using Docker, you can run the application directly:

python app.py

The server will run on http://0.0.0.0:5001 in debug mode.

Note

🔒 Ensure proper security measures are implemented before deploying this application in a production environment, especially regarding database credentials and AWS S3 configuration.