KR20220023400A - Appratus and method for providing bulletin board service - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing a bulletin board service. According to an embodiment, a method for providing a bulletin board service, based on a microservices architecture including a gateway layer, a first layer, and a second layer, comprises the operations of: receiving, in the gateway layer, a request of a client for at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service, and calling the first layer to perform a process according to the request of the client; calling, in the first layer, the second layer based on one or more logics according to the process; and performing, in the second layer, one or more detailed logics according to the one or more logics. Therefore, an efficient bulletin board service can be provided to the client.

Description

Device and method for providing bulletin board service {APPRATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BULLETIN BOARD SERVICE}

The disclosed embodiments relate to a technology for providing a bulletin board service.

Today, as the social atmosphere in which various people express their opinions is rising, it is not difficult to see mature discussions by exchanging views with each other in various fields such as culture, economy, politics, and society.

These discussions take place not only in real life, but also on the web or application that is free from time and space constraints. It is a bulletin board service.

In order to provide a bulletin board service, it is necessary to manage a large number of data transmitted and received between multiple clients and servers. was providing service.

However, a single API-based architecture has limitations in that it is costly to add new functions instead of being stable, and it is difficult for clients to freely use data in the bulletin board by processing it.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2019-0132573 (published on November 27, 2019)

The disclosed embodiments are for providing an efficient bulletin board service to a client.

A bulletin board service providing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a method of providing a bulletin board service based on a micro services architecture including a gateway layer, a first layer, and a second layer, the gateway layer In, an operation of receiving a request from a client for at least one of a plurality of functions provided through a bulletin board service and calling the first layer to perform a process according to the client's request, in the first layer, the process and calling the second layer based on one or more logic according to , and performing, in the second layer, one or more detailed logic according to one or more logics.

The gateway layer may include one or more application programming interfaces (APIs).

The first layer may include one or more high-level APIs divided by one or more logics.

The operation of calling the second layer may call the second layer based on a preset business logic corresponding to at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service.

The second layer may include one or more low-level APIs divided by one or more detailed logics.

The performed operation may execute one or more queries to access a database related to data processing for implementing at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service.

The database may include one or more NoSQL-based databases.

The bulletin board service providing apparatus according to the disclosed embodiment includes one or more processors and a memory for storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors, and includes a gateway layer, a first layer and a second layer. A device for providing a bulletin board service based on a microservices architecture including In response, in the operation of calling the first layer to perform a process according to the request of the client, in the first layer, calling the second layer based on one or more logic according to the process, and in the second layer , including instructions for executing an operation that performs one or more detailed logic according to one or more logic.

The gateway layer may include one or more application programming interfaces (APIs).

The first layer may include one or more high-level APIs divided by one or more logics.

The operation of calling the second layer may call the second layer based on a preset business logic corresponding to at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service.

The second layer may include one or more low-level APIs divided by one or more detailed logics.

The performed operation may execute one or more queries to access a database related to data processing for implementing at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service.

The database may include one or more NoSQL-based databases.

According to the disclosed embodiments, the process according to the client's request is divided into logic and detailed logic units in various layers of an application programming interface (API), thereby providing a new function of the bulletin board service to the client. can be easily provided, and clients can freely use the data in the bulletin board.

1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a bulletin board service screen provided according to an embodiment;
2 is a block diagram illustrating and explaining a computing environment including a computing device according to an embodiment;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a bulletin board service according to an embodiment;
4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a bulletin board service provision process according to an embodiment;

Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the disclosed embodiments, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. And, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the disclosed embodiments, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification. The terminology used in the detailed description is for the purpose of describing the embodiments only, and should in no way be limiting. Unless explicitly used otherwise, expressions in the singular include the meaning of the plural. In this description, expressions such as “comprising” or “comprising” are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, some or a combination thereof, one or more other than those described. It should not be construed to exclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, or any part or combination thereof.

In the following embodiments, the 'Bulletin Board Service' refers to a series of posts, comments, or related contents written by a user using a bulletin board service, an operator providing a bulletin board service, etc. means the service of

1 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a bulletin board service screen 100 provided according to an embodiment.

In FIG. 1 , a bulletin board service provided in the 'Server' tab on the web page for the game 'Lineage' is illustrated as an example.

Referring to Fig. 1, in the 'My Server Server Keeper & Latest Articles' column on the left side of the central part, there is a list of the currently set server keepers ('Grandpas next door') of our server ('Deporoju') and the latest articles contributed by the server keepers. exposed On the other hand, in the 'All Server Keepers Latest Articles' column on the right side of the center part, a list of the latest articles contributed by each server manager of all Lineage servers is exposed.

In addition, in the lower part of FIG. 1 , the title of the post written by the clients playing the game on each server, the picture attached display, the number of likes, the number of comments, etc. are exposed in the form of a list.

As such, in one embodiment, the server providing the bulletin board service provides a function related to the title of a post, a picture attachment display, a number of likes, a number of comments, etc., a function related to the latest article written recently, a function related to the server keeper of each server, etc. can be provided to the client.

In other words, the bulletin board service according to an embodiment may be a service related to posts, comments, or related content itself written by a user who uses the bulletin board service or an operator who provides the bulletin board service, and includes information and It may be a related service.

2 is a block diagram illustrating and describing a computing environment 10 including a computing device according to an embodiment. In the illustrated embodiment, each component may have different functions and capabilities other than those described below, and may include additional components in addition to those described below.

The illustrated computing environment 10 includes a computing device 12 . In one embodiment, the computing device 12 may be a bulletin board service providing device. Computing device 12 includes at least one processor 14 , computer readable storage medium 16 , and communication bus 18 . The processor 14 may cause the computing device 12 to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiments discussed above. For example, the processor 14 may execute one or more programs stored in the computer-readable storage medium 16 . The one or more programs may include one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor 14, configure the computing device 12 to perform operations in accordance with the exemplary embodiment. can be

Computer-readable storage medium 16 is configured to store computer-executable instructions or program code, program data, and/or other suitable form of information. The program 20 stored in the computer-readable storage medium 16 includes a set of instructions executable by the processor 14 . In one embodiment, computer-readable storage medium 16 includes memory (volatile memory, such as random access memory, non-volatile memory, or a suitable combination thereof), one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash It may be memory devices, other forms of storage medium accessed by computing device 12 and capable of storing desired information, or a suitable combination thereof.

Communication bus 18 interconnects various other components of computing device 12 , including processor 14 and computer readable storage medium 16 .

Computing device 12 may also include one or more input/output interfaces 22 and one or more network communication interfaces 26 that provide interfaces for one or more input/output devices 24 . The input/output interface 22 and the network communication interface 26 are coupled to the communication bus 18 . Input/output device 24 may be coupled to other components of computing device 12 via input/output interface 22 . Exemplary input/output device 24 may include a pointing device (such as a mouse or trackpad), a keyboard, a touch input device (such as a touchpad or touchscreen), a voice or sound input device, various types of sensor devices, and/or imaging devices. input devices and/or output devices such as display devices, printers, speakers and/or network cards. The exemplary input/output device 24 may be included in the computing device 12 as a component constituting the computing device 12 , and may be connected to the computing device 12 as a separate device distinct from the computing device 12 . may be

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a bulletin board service according to an embodiment.

The method illustrated in FIG. 3 may be performed, for example, by the computing device 12 described above. In this case, the above-described computing device 12 may provide a bulletin board service based on a micro services architecture.

In the following embodiments, the 'microservice architecture' refers to an architecture that provides services by decomposing complex and diverse software functions into small, independent, and loosely coupled modules.

Specifically, the microservices architecture may include a gateway layer, a first layer, and a second layer.

First, in the gateway layer in the microservice architecture, the computing device 12 receives a request from a client for at least one of a plurality of functions provided through a bulletin board service, and performs a process according to the request of the client. My first layer is called (310).

According to an embodiment, the gateway layer may include one or more application programming interfaces (APIs).

In the following embodiments, 'API' refers to an interface made to control functions provided by an operating system or a programming language to be used in an application. Specifically, the API provides interfaces for file control, window control, image processing, text control, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

Meanwhile, in the following embodiments, the 'gateway layer' refers to a network point serving as an entrance to another network from one network, and specifically, the network space in which the process according to the client's request is performed on the client side It means a point that is switched to the architecture side for providing bulletin board service.

Here, the network may include the Internet, one or more local area networks, wire area networks, cellular networks, mobile networks, other types of networks, or a combination of these networks.

Thereafter, the computing device 12 calls a second layer in the microservice architecture based on one or more logics according to a process by the request of the client in the first layer in the microservice architecture ( 320 ).

Hereinafter, 'logic' means subdividing the entire process for performing a client's request into one or more detailed processes.

According to an embodiment, the first layer may include one or more high-level APIs divided by one or more logics.

In this case, the gateway layer may divide the process according to the client's request into one or more logics, and call a high-level API corresponding to each of the one or more logics on the first layer.

In the following embodiments, 'high-level API' means an API corresponding to each of one or more logics, and specifically, an API that indirectly accesses a database (DB) according to one or more logics within a microservice architecture. it means. To this end, each high-level API may call one or more APIs on the second layer according to the corresponding logic.

According to an embodiment, when the first layer calls the second layer, the first layer may call the second layer based on a preset business logic corresponding to at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service. can

In the following embodiments, 'business logic' refers to a part of an application that performs data processing necessary for work, and specifically refers to logic for performing input, modification, inquiry and report processing of various data. .

For example, the business logic may include "logic to increase the number of comments by 1 when a comment is written on a post", "logic to display a written post in 'My post list' when a post is written", etc. In addition, logic related to various functions provided through the bulletin board service may be included.

Thereafter, the computing device 12 performs ( 330 ) one or more detailed logics according to one or more logics in a second layer within the microservices architecture.

In the following embodiments, the detailed logic may include "logic to store post data in table A of the database", "logic to modify comment data stored in table B of the database", etc., in addition to It can contain logic related to the various operations it accesses.

According to an embodiment, the second layer may include one or more low-level APIs divided by one or more detailed logics.

In the following embodiments, the 'low-level API' refers to an API corresponding to each of one or more detailed logics, and specifically refers to an API that directly accesses a database according to one or more detailed logics within a microservice architecture. To this end, each low-level API can access the database according to the corresponding detailed logic and perform input, modification, inquiry, report processing, etc. on data that meets preset conditions.

According to an embodiment, in executing the detailed logic, the second layer may execute one or more queries to access a database related to data processing for implementing at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service. there is.

In the following embodiments, a 'query' refers to a set of languages or sentences for manipulating data of a desired condition in a database. Such a query may be expressed in various forms, for example, in the form of calling a method accessing a database.

Specifically, a database accessed by one or more queries may include one or more Not only Structured Query Language (NoSQL)-based databases.

In the following embodiments, the 'NoSQL-based database' refers to a relational database (RDB) based on a structured query language (SQL) as well as a database not based on SQL. The NoSQL-based database may include, for example, Apache Cassandra, MongoDB, Apache HBase, and the like, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

That is, the computing device 12 according to an embodiment provides the bulletin board service by accessing the NoSQL-based database, so that it can have the following comparative advantage over the bulletin board service provided using the conventional relational database. However, this is only an example, and it is obvious that additional comparative advantage factors may exist.

(1) Performance improvement when multiple clients read and write data at the same time

(2) The database can be used even if a part of the database management system fails

(3) Ease of horizontal scale-out of database equipment to cope with increase in data traffic (traffic)

(4) Objective Relational Mapping (ORM) framework is unnecessary as data of various structures is included

Thereafter, according to an embodiment, the computing device 12 may generate a response to the client's request based on the execution result of one or more detailed logic.

Specifically, the response to the client's request may include at least one of reading, writing, modifying, and deleting data corresponding to the client's request, but is not necessarily limited thereto and corresponds to the functions provided through the bulletin board service. It is self-evident that various responses may be generated.

Then, according to an embodiment, the computing device 12 may transmit a response to the client's request to the client.

According to an embodiment, the computing device 12 may transmit a response to the client's request by using the microservices architecture for processing the client's request in a reverse order to that of processing the client's request.

Specifically, the computing device 12 may transmit a response to the client's request through the second layer, the first layer, and the gateway layer sequentially.

In the illustrated flowchart, the method is described by dividing the method into a plurality of operations, but at least some operations are performed in a different order, are performed in combination with other operations, are omitted, are divided into detailed operations, or are not shown. One or more operations may be added and performed.

4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a bulletin board service providing process 400 according to an embodiment.

As shown, the request and provision of the bulletin board service according to an embodiment is made from the client 410 through the gateway layer 420 , the first layer 430 , the second layer 440 , and the database 450 .

4, there are K clients 410 (in this case, K is a natural number greater than or equal to 3), N APIs of the first layer 430 (in this case, N is a natural number greater than or equal to 3), and APIs of the second layer 440 are Although it is illustrated as being M (where M is a natural number greater than N), this is for convenience of description and the number of clients 410 , the number of APIs of the first layer 430 , and the number of APIs of the second layer 440 . may be changed according to the embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 , a total of K clients 410 from client #1 to client #K may request at least one function provided through the bulletin board service by calling the API of the gateway layer 420 , respectively.

Next, the API of the gateway layer 420 uses a total of N high-level APIs divided by each logic from API #1 to API #N included in the first layer 430 to perform a process according to the request of each client. can be called

Then, each API of the first layer 430 is a total of M low-level APIs divided by each detailed logic from API #1 to API #M included in the second layer 440 based on one or more logics according to the process. can be called

In the illustrated embodiment, API #1 of the first layer 430 has one detailed logic dependent on the logic in charge, and calls API #2 of the second layer 440 in charge of the detailed logic, Since API #2 of the first layer 430 has two detailed logics dependent on the logic in charge, API #1 and API #M of the second layer 440 in charge of the two detailed logics are called.

Then, each API of the second layer 440 performs each detailed logic, accesses the database 450 related to data processing for implementing the bulletin board service, and responds to the request of the client based on the execution result of the detailed logic response can be generated.

In the illustrated embodiment, each component may have different functions and capabilities other than those described below, and may include additional components other than those described below.

Further, in one embodiment, the gateway layer 420 , the first layer 430 , and the second layer 440 are implemented using one or more physically separated devices, or one or more processors or one or more processors and software. It may be implemented by combination, and unlike the illustrated example, it may not be clearly distinguished in specific operation.

Meanwhile, an embodiment of the present invention may include a program for performing the methods described in this specification on a computer, and a computer-readable recording medium including the program. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be commonly used in the field of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include hard disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and program instructions specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROMs, RAMs, flash memories, etc. Hardware devices are included. Examples of the program may include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler.

Although representative embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that various modifications are possible within the limits without departing from the scope of the present invention with respect to the above-described embodiments. . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and should be defined by the following claims as well as the claims and equivalents.

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Claims (14)

A method of providing a bulletin board service based on a microservices architecture including a gateway layer, a first layer and a second layer,
receiving, at the gateway layer, a request from a client for at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service, and calling the first layer to perform a process according to the client's request;
in the first layer, calling the second layer based on one or more logics according to the process; and
and performing, in the second layer, one or more detailed logics according to the one or more logics. The method according to claim 1,
The gateway layer is
A method of providing a bulletin board service, including one or more application programming interfaces (APIs). The method according to claim 1,
The first layer is
A bulletin board service providing method comprising one or more high-level APIs divided by the one or more logics. The method according to claim 1,
The operation of calling the second layer is,
and calling the second layer based on a preset business logic corresponding to at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service. The method according to claim 1,
The second layer is
A bulletin board service providing method comprising one or more low-level APIs divided by the one or more detailed logics. The method according to claim 1,
The operation to be performed is
and executing one or more queries to access a database related to data processing for implementing at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service. 7. The method of claim 6,
The database is
A method of providing a bulletin board service comprising one or more NoSQL-based databases. one or more processors; and
A bulletin board service based on a microservices architecture including a gateway layer, a first layer and a second layer, comprising a memory for storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. As a device that provides
The program is
receiving, at the gateway layer, a request from a client for at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service, and calling the first layer to perform a process according to the client's request;
in the first layer, calling the second layer based on one or more logics according to the process; and
and instructions for executing, in the second layer, an operation of performing one or more detailed logics according to the one or more logics. 9. The method of claim 8,
The gateway layer is
A bulletin board service providing device including one or more application programming interfaces (APIs). 9. The method of claim 8,
The first layer is
A bulletin board service providing apparatus comprising one or more high-level APIs divided by the one or more logics. 9. The method of claim 8,
The operation of calling the second layer is
and calling the second layer based on a preset business logic corresponding to at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service. 9. The method of claim 8,
The second layer is
A bulletin board service providing apparatus including one or more low level APIs divided by the one or more detailed logics. 9. The method of claim 8,
The operation to be performed is
and executing one or more queries to access a database related to data processing for implementing at least one of a plurality of functions provided through the bulletin board service. 14. The method of claim 13,
The database is
A bulletin board service providing device including one or more NoSQL-based databases.

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