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# Voting Microservice Application Design

## Overview
The Voting Microservice Application comprises five distinct services, each handling
a specific aspect of the system. These services communicate via REST APIs to ensure
modularity, scalability, and ease of maintenance.

### Microservices:
1. **Voting App**
2. **Voter Registration App**
3. **Voter Management App**
4. **Voter Results App**
5. **Manager Registration App**

### Chosen Backend Frameworks:


- **Spring Boot:** Used for critical services requiring robust scalability and
strict type-checking (Voting App, Manager Registration App, and Voter Results App).
- **Django:** Used for applications that require rapid development and a built-in
admin interface (Voter Registration App and Voter Management App).
- **Node.js:** Used as a bridge or to extend specific functionalities if needed for
integrations.

---

## Service Details

### 1. Voting App


- **Framework:** Spring Boot
- **Responsibilities:**
- Allow registered voters to cast votes.
- Verify voter eligibility.
- Record votes securely in the database.
- **Endpoints:**
- `POST /vote` - Submit a vote.
- `GET /vote/status/{voterId}` - Check voting status.

---

### 2. Voter Registration App


- **Framework:** Django
- **Responsibilities:**
- Handle voter registration.
- Provide a frontend for voter registration (optional).
- Manage registered voter data.
- **Endpoints:**
- `POST /register` - Register a new voter.
- `GET /voter/{voterId}` - Get voter details.

---

### 3. Voter Management App


- **Framework:** Django
- **Responsibilities:**
- Provide tools for administrators to manage voter profiles.
- Allow profile updates and deactivations.
- Monitor voter activity.
- **Endpoints:**
- `PUT /manage/voter/{voterId}` - Update voter profile.
- `DELETE /manage/voter/{voterId}` - Deactivate a voter.
- `GET /manage/voters` - List all voters.

---

### 4. Voter Results App


- **Framework:** Spring Boot
- **Responsibilities:**
- Aggregate and display voting results.
- Provide real-time results data.
- **Endpoints:**
- `GET /results` - Fetch overall results.
- `GET /results/{region}` - Fetch results by region.

---

### 5. Manager Registration App


- **Framework:** Spring Boot
- **Responsibilities:**
- Register managers to manage the voting process.
- Authenticate and authorize managers.
- **Endpoints:**
- `POST /manager/register` - Register a new manager.
- `POST /manager/login` - Login manager.

---

## Technical Interaction Documentation

### Architecture
The application follows a **microservices architecture** with REST APIs to enable
communication. Each service has its own database to maintain modularity and avoid
bottlenecks.

### Communication Flow


1. **Voter Registration:**
- User registers via the Voter Registration App.
- Data is saved in the Voter Registration database.
- A Kafka message queue or RabbitMQ notifies the Voting App about new voters.

2. **Vote Casting:**
- Voter submits a vote through the Voting App.
- The app verifies voter details by querying the Voter Registration App.
- If verified, the vote is recorded.

3. **Voter Management:**
- Admins manage voter profiles via the Voter Management App.
- Changes are propagated to the Voting App if necessary.

4. **Results Aggregation:**
- Voting App periodically sends vote counts to the Results App.
- Results App aggregates data and provides real-time result APIs.

5. **Manager Registration:**
- Managers register through the Manager Registration App.
- Authentication tokens are issued for secure access to the Voter Management App
and Voting App.

---
## Database Design

### Voter Registration


- **Voter Table:**
- `id` (PK)
- `name`
- `email`
- `password`
- `region`
- `is_active`

### Voting
- **Vote Table:**
- `id` (PK)
- `voter_id` (FK)
- `candidate`
- `timestamp`

### Results
- **Results Table:**
- `id` (PK)
- `region`
- `candidate`
- `votes`

### Manager Registration


- **Manager Table:**
- `id` (PK)
- `name`
- `email`
- `password`

---

## Deployment
- Use **Docker** to containerize each service.
- Employ **Kubernetes** for orchestration.
- Use **PostgreSQL** for databases.
- **NGINX** as the API gateway.

---

## Download
The technical documentation and code templates for the services can be downloaded
[here](#).

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