Microservices, RESTful API and a use case

Abstract

Application design has been changing rapidly since 2010. Most of the modern applications have been using microservices architecture design which brings several benefits to the users. This thesis covers the advantages of the microservices approach in designing applications and REST API in microservices. Furthermore, this thesis examines the roles of REST API in the modern data transferring world. The objective of this thesis is to understand the microservices architecture by conducting a literature review and build a functional cloud microservices application with Python as the programming language. Suomen Asiakastieoto Oy is a Finnish company that provides data services for financial, corporate, and risk management besides sales and marketing. The result was a working cloud application that makes requests to the Asiakastieto API and receives the result set in JSON/XML format.