Suggest a Location Microservice This github repo contains the implementation for the suggest a location microservice. This readme contains the communication contract that demonstrates how to use the microservice

Communication Contract

Instructions:

• git clone this repository
• Put files into project folder
• Either copy suggestLocation function into main project file or import from receiver.py
• Run sender.py

Communication contract

The following code shows an example call to the microservice to request (and receive) data

import time

def suggestLocation():
    while True:
        with open('location-microservice.txt', 'w') as file:
            file.write("run")
        time.sleep(5)
        with open('location-microservice.txt', 'r') as file:
            content = file.read().strip()
            if content != 'run':
                file.seek(0)
                rand_city = file.read()
                with open('location-microservice.txt', 'w') as file:
                    file.write("")
                return rand_city


print(suggestLocation())

Example return

'Phoenix'

Make sure the microservice is running -- this means that the microservice is ready to accept requests and send back responses Call the microservice using a call such as the one demonstrated above to request data from the microservice The example call above demonstrates how to read to RECEIVE data from the microservice. The example above shows both how to REQUEST and RECEIVE data from the microservice.