Overview

The subscription Service is responsible for handling customer subscriptions in our system. It handles new subscriptions, cancelling subscriptions and updating them.

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Sends 2 messages

This service sends messages to downstream consumers

Receives 4 messages

This service receives messages from other services

Core features

Feature	Description
Subscription Management	Handles subscription creation, updates, and status tracking
Payment Processing	Integrates with payment gateways to handle payment transactions
Notification Integration	Sends notifications to users and other services
Multi-Channel Fulfillment	Supports multiple fulfillment channels (e.g., shipping, in-store pickup)

Architecture diagram

Messages for this service

Sends messages (2)

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Events (2)

Name	Version	Type	Summary
User subscription started	v0.0.1	event	An event that is triggered when a new user subscription has started
User subscription cancelled	v0.0.1	event	An event that is triggered when a users subscription has been cancelled

Receives messages (4)

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Events (1)Queries (1)Commands (2)

Name	Version	Type	Summary
Subscribe user	v0.0.1	command	Command that will try and subscribe a given user
Cancel subscription	v0.0.1	command	Command that will try and cancel a users subscription
Payment Processed	v0.0.1	event	Event is triggered after the payment has been successfully processed
Get subscription status	v0.0.2	query	GET request that will return the current subscription status for a specific user, identified by their userId.

Infrastructure

The Subscription Service is hosted on AWS.

The diagram below shows the infrastructure of the Subscription Service. The service is hosted on AWS and uses AWS Lambda to handle the subscription requests. The subscription is stored in an AWS Aurora database and the subscription metadata is stored in an AWS S3 bucket.

You can find more information about the Subscription Service infrastructure in the Subscription Service documentation.