Type a few lines about what your service accomplishes here.

The Friends Service project resides in the svc_friends codebase.

git clone <GIT HOST>/svc_friends.git
cd svc_friends
goinit
goreset

Give some info on how a new developer should approach this service. Explain how they would go from cloning the repo to having the service running locally.

Describe how this service is deployed to staging and production environments

Include some links here, such as wiki documentation or relevant technology pages.