Instructions

Echo can be used for testing various integrations and webhooks. It echoes back the request headers and request body, so you can study content better.

Working with 'Echo'

How to create image locally

# Build container image
docker build . -t echo:latest

# Run container using command
docker run -it --rm -p "8080:8080" echo:latest

How to test locally

Using curl:

curl -d '{ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe" }' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST http://localhost:2001/api/echo

Using PowerShell:

$url = "http://localhost:2001/api/echo"
$data = @{
    firstName = "John"
    lastName = "Doe"
}
$body = ConvertTo-Json $data
Invoke-RestMethod -Body $body -ContentType "application/json" -Method "POST" -DisableKeepAlive -Uri $url

Using Visual Studio Code with REST Client extension:

### Invoke Echo
POST http://localhost:2001/api/echo HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{
    firstName: "John"
    lastName: "Doe"
}

How to deploy to Azure Container Instances (ACI)

Deploy published image to Azure Container Instances (ACI) the Azure CLI way:

# Variables
aciName="echo"
resourceGroup="echo-dev-rg"
location="westeurope"
image="jannemattila/echo"

# Login to Azure
az login

# *Explicitly* select your working context
az account set --subscription <YourSubscriptionName>

# Create new resource group
az group create --name $resourceGroup --location $location

# Create ACI
az container create --name $aciName --image $image --resource-group $resourceGroup --ip-address public

# Show the properties
az container show --name $aciName --resource-group $resourceGroup

# Show the logs
az container logs --name $aciName --resource-group $resourceGroup

# Wipe out the resources
az group delete --name $resourceGroup -y

Deploy published image to Azure Container Instances (ACI) the Azure PowerShell way:

# Variables
$aciName="echo"
$resourceGroup="echo-dev-rg"
$location="westeurope"
$image="jannemattila/echo"

# Login to Azure
Login-AzAccount

# *Explicitly* select your working context
Select-AzSubscription -SubscriptionName <YourSubscriptionName>

# Create new resource group
New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup -Location $location

# Create ACI
New-AzContainerGroup -Name $aciName -Image $image -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -IpAddressType Public

# Show the properties
Get-AzContainerGroup -Name $aciName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup

# Show the logs
Get-AzContainerInstanceLog -ContainerGroupName $aciName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup

# Wipe out the resources
Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup -Force