akka-http-docker-minimal-seed

Sample project showcasing some basic use cases for akka-http, as well as docker packaging via sbt-native-packager

Dockerize app

clone the project and run: $ sbt docker:publishLocal

Run container

After generating the container (step above), run the container:

$ docker run -dit -p 5000:5000 --name akka-minimal-seed akka-http-docker-minimal-seed:1.0

You will get a response like this:

$ docker run -dit -p 5000:5000 --name akka-minimal-seed akka-http-docker-minimal-seed:1.0
6c3ceda8b0a4dc67633c577bb57dd949e17afbc101fd1b190c2e67efba9c9b7f

Test app

• Open address on a web browser: http://localhost:5000/healthcheck

• To test using Postman, use this link:

  

Stop the container

To stop the container, run:

$ docker stop akka-minimal-seed

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Several common use cases such as

• Async Http calls to external services

• How to convert your models to/from JSON and also validate input

• How to structure your akka-http application

• How to package your app with docker so you can run it on any platform or environment including e.g. AWS (EC2, Beanstalk, etc)

• How to extract values from the body of an Http Response and format it nicely

• How to deal with error conditions