Alexandria Service
The Alexandria Service is a microservice built with Spring Boot that provides news API integration and management for the microservices architecture. It allows other services to access and utilize news data from various sources.
Key Features
News API Integration: Connects to external news APIs to fetch current news data.
News Data Management: Stores and manages news data for efficient access.
Search Capabilities: Provides search functionality for news content.
Categorization: Organizes news by categories, sources, and relevance.
Data Filtering: Filters news based on various criteria.
How It Works
The service connects to external news APIs to fetch current news data.
It processes and stores the news data in a structured format.
Other microservices can request news data through RESTful endpoints.
The service provides filtering and search capabilities to find relevant news.
Benefits
Centralized News Access: Provides a single point of access for news data across the microservices architecture.
Consistent Data Format: Ensures news data is provided in a consistent format regardless of the source.
Reduced External API Calls: Minimizes the number of calls to external APIs by caching and managing news data.
Simplified Integration: Makes it easier for other services to incorporate news functionality.
Technologies
Spring Boot
RESTful APIs
Database storage for news data
External news API integrations
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