Architecture pattern: API combination
Context
You have applied the microservice architecture pattern and the per-service database pattern. Therefore, realizing queries that connect data from multiple services is no longer straightforward.
Question
How to implement query in microservice architecture?
Conclusion
The query is implemented by defining the API Composer, which calls the service with the data and executes the in-memory connection of the result.
Example
API Gateway usually performs API combination.
Result context
This model has the following benefits:
- This is a way to query data in a microservice architecture The simple way
This model has the following disadvantages:
- Some queries will cause inefficient memory connections for large data sets.
Associated mode
- Each service database mode creates requirements for this mode
- CQRS mode is an alternative Solution