Minibank

A very simple rest api service to teach about cloud computing, containerization and distributed systems.

Description

The following are the user facing operations that the service will provide once completed:

1. register account
2. authenticate account
3. make deposit
4. schedule payment to other accounts
5. check balance
6. get statement

Account registration

To register an account you will need to provide a username and password. The following validations are done:

• the username must not already exist
• the username must be alphanumeric
• the password must be at least 10 characters long

Account authentication

Simple token based authentication

Make deposit

The make deposit account requires:

• an amount
• an account where deposits are transfered from
• a document identifier

Schedule payment

To schedule a payment:

• the id of the payee
• the amount
• the posting date

Check balance

This returns the current balance. Accepts the following query parameter:

• asof: returns the balance as of the end of day of the specific date. If the date is before the account opening date, it returns an error.

Get statement

Returns the transactions in the current period. Periods are based on the first day of the month. Accepts the following query parameter:

• month and year: returns the list of transactions for the specified period