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Service frontmatter API

Overview

Services are just markdown files, with this comes the use of Content, MDX components and also front-matter.

Here is an example of the service frontmatter you will find in your /services folder.

/services/Orders/index.md (example)
---
# id of your service, used for slugs and references in EventCatalog.
id: Orders

# Display name of the Service, rendered in EventCatalog
name: Orders

# Version of the Service
version: 0.0.1

# Short summary of your Service
summary: |
Service that contains order related information

# Optional owners, references teams or users
owners:
- dboyne

# Optional messages this service receives and it's version
receives:
- id: InventoryAdjusted
version: 0.0.3

# Optional messages this service sends and it's version
sends:
- id: AddInventory
version: 0.0.3

# Optional details about the programming language and url for the code
repository:
language: JavaScript
url: https://github.com/event-catalog/pretend-shipping-service

# Optional badges, rendered to UI by EventCatalog
badges:
- content: New service
backgroundColor: blue
textColor: blue
---

## Overview

This orders service gives API consumers the ability to produce orders in the systems. Events are raised from this system for downstream consumption.

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Required fields

id

  • Type: string

Unqiue id of the service. EventCatalog uses this for references and slugs.

Example
---
id: Orders
---

name

  • Type: string

Name of the service this is used to display the name on the UI.

Example
---
name: My orders service
---

version

  • Type: string

Version of the service.

Example
---
version: 0.0.1
---

Optional fields

summary

Short summary of your service, shown on service summary pages.

Example
---
summary: |
service that contains everything about orders
---

owners

An array of user ids that own the service.

Example
---
owners:
- dboyne
- mSmith
---

sends

An array of messages (ids) the service sends. These can be commands, queries or events ids.

Example
---
sends:
- OrderFulfilled
- OrderComplete
---

receives

An array of messages (ids) the service receives. These can be commands, queries or events ids.

Example
---
receives:
- OrderPlaced
- OrderAdjusted
---

badges

An array of badges that get rendered on the page.

Example
---
badges:
- content: My badge
backgroundColor: blue
textColor: blue
---

specifications

Specifications to include on the page

Current supports AsyncAPI and OpenAPI files. When including the specifications the page will render badges and buttons for the specifications.

Example
---
specifications:
asyncapiPath: order-service-asyncapi.yaml
openapiPath: openapi.yml
---

repository

Repository language and code url for the service.

Example
---
repository:
language: JavaScript
url: https://github.com/event-catalog/pretend-shipping-service
---