The increase in detailed and personalized digital services required a different software architecture model. There was a demand for more agility in software development and more control over the services of a robust application. To this end, the microservices architecture was created.
In this article, you will learn what microservices architecture is and why you should adopt it in software development.
What are microservices?
Microservice is a style of architecture for software development that has emerged as an alternative to the traditional way of development, the monolith structure.
In monolithic architecture, the entire application is created as a single block. Meanwhile, microservices architecture has the scope of breaking down the services, making them independent, which enables easier handling of software applications. Thus, each service performs a specific and autonomous function.
With independent applications, the concern of developers is directed to each microservice under development.
Microservices act as a tool in organizing the structure of applications, having as their strongest feature the possibility of performing specific and independent tasks, being able to expose their functionalities through an API. Thus, the API is an interface that enables the communication of software systems with each other.
It is worth mentioning that the choice between architectures depends on each case. Therefore, an analysis of the context of the software to be developed is essential to choose which one best suits.
What is the relationship between microservices and APIs?
Microservices and APIs can work together to provide a better experience in building applications and using functionalities.
Microservices use APIs to communicate with other services. Thus, APIs make microservices communicate in an easy and lightweight way.
Furthermore, APIs may or may not be developed with the microservices architecture.
Benefits of microservices
The microservices architecture provides numerous advantages for software applications. These are:
- Agile and flexible development: enables scalability and application security.
- Service independence: it prevents the breakdown of one part of the application from occurring and making the operability of the others unfeasible.
- Easy management: the modularization of the application and the separation of responsibilities facilitate independent updating and testing.
For these reasons, microservices architecture is widely chosen in more complex and highly scalable projects.
Where to apply the BioPass ID APIs?
At BioPass ID, microservices architecture is used in the development of proprietary applications to ensure agility, flexibility and scalability to the offered products.
In this way, it safeguards security regarding usability, testability, updating. In addition, it also ensures the operation and management of products is independent and practical.
BioPass ID APIs work in several scenarios as in the following examples:
Transaction authentication
Transaction authentication needs to verify and authenticate the identity of the person in a secure way to safeguard the information of a purchase. This can be done through the Verify and/or Match microservice.
While Verify verifies that the biometric provided belongs to the person identified by the user ID registered in our database, the Match product compares two biometrics provided in the transaction.
Face anonymization
Face anonymization is used to comply with the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) and ensure the privacy of a user's data.
To do this, the Anonymize Face service detects the faces in an image and anonymizes them to treat and publish and disseminate an information with sensitive data, such as facial images.
An innovative biometric future
In the future, another API will be available. Focused on biometric recognition through ear reading, this technology is under development, with 92% accuracy. To commercialize the solution, it is necessary to achieve 98% accuracy.
In addition to being innovative, the API also contributes to the democratization of access to biometric checks, since it can be done through a smartphone and its main objective is to meet the identification of newborns.
The services presented here are available in the Multibiometrics package. The set of solutions includes several other functionalities for the development of applications focused on the applicability of biometrics, from registration, reading information, updating and deleting data.
To learn more, check out the service package in the BioPass ID documentation.
