User Service (fm-user-service)

This microservice is the central authority for all user-related operations in the Freelancer Market application.

Core Responsibilities

• User Registration: Handles the creation of new FREELANCER and EMPLOYER accounts.
• Authentication: Manages user login via email and password, and issues JWTs upon success.
• Authorization: Validates JWTs for incoming requests to secure endpoints.
• Profile Management: Allows users to view and update their profiles.
• Skill Management: Provides endpoints to view and manage the global list of skills.

💻 Technology Stack

• Framework: Spring Boot
• Database: PostgreSQL with Spring Data JPA
• Caching: Redis
• Security: Spring Security with JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
• API Documentation: Springdoc OpenAPI (Swagger UI)

Running the Service

1. Ensure the development infrastructure is running. From the fm-hub root, execute:

   make up-dev

2. Ensure the project has been built successfully. From the fm-hub root, execute:

   make build

3. Run the FmUserServiceApplication.java main class from your IDE. The service will start on port 8081.

API Documentation

Once the service is running, you can access the interactive API documentation (Swagger UI) at:

http://localhost:8081/http://localhost:8081/swagger-ui/index.html

You can use this interface to test all the available endpoints, including registration, login, and profile management.