Cloud Native Social Media Platform Architecture Blueprint

// Sample React API Client for Social Media Platform
const apiClient = axios.create({
  baseURL: process.env.API_URL,
  timeout: 5000,
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

apiClient.interceptors.response.use(null, (error) => {
  if (error.config && error.response && error.response.status >= 500) {
    return new Promise((resolve) => {
      setTimeout(() => resolve(apiClient(error.config)), 1000);
    });
  }
  return Promise.reject(error);
});

export const fetchFeed = (userId) =>
  apiClient.get(`/feed/${userId}`, {
    headers: {
      'Cache-Control': 'max-age=60, stale-while-revalidate=3600'
    }
  });

export const createPost = (postData) =>
  apiClient.post('/posts', postData, {
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data'
    }
  });

export const sendMessage = (chatId, message) =>
  apiClient.post(`/messages/${chatId}`, { message });
                

# Example API Gateway Configuration (Pseudo-Code)
api_gateway:
  name: social-platform-api
  description: API Gateway for Social Media Platform
  endpoint_configuration:
    type: REGIONAL
  authorizer:
    name: jwt-authorizer
    type: TOKEN
    identity_source: method.request.header.Authorization
    handler: authorizer_function
  waf:
    rules:
      - block_sql_injection
      - block_ddos
      - block_bad_bots
                

# Example Container Task Definition (Pseudo-Code)
task_definition:
  family: post-processing
  network_mode: vpc
  containers:
    - name: post-app
      image: post-processing:1.0
      ports:
        - container_port: 8080
          protocol: tcp
      essential: true
      logging:
        driver: cloud_logging
        options:
          group: /container/post-processing
          region: us-west-2
          stream_prefix: app
    - name: proxy
      image: service-mesh-proxy:latest
      essential: true
      environment:
        - name: MESH_RESOURCE_NAME
          value: post-processing
      user: non-root
      logging:
        driver: cloud_logging
        options:
          group: /container/post-processing
          region: us-west-2
          stream_prefix: proxy
  compatibility: serverless
  cpu: 1024
  memory: 2048
  execution_role: arn:iam::123456789012:role/taskExecutionRole
  task_role: arn:iam::123456789012:role/taskRole
                

# Example Service Mesh Configuration (Pseudo-Code)
service_mesh:
  name: social-platform-mesh
  egress_filter: ALLOW_ALL
  virtual_nodes:
    - name: post-processing
      service_discovery:
        dns:
          hostname: post-processing.default.svc.cluster.local
      listeners:
        - port: 8080
          protocol: http
      backends:
        - virtual_service: messaging.default.svc.cluster.local
        - virtual_service: notification.default.svc.cluster.local
    - name: messaging
      service_discovery:
        dns:
          hostname: messaging.default.svc.cluster.local
      listeners:
        - port: 8080
          protocol: http
    - name: notification
      service_discovery:
        dns:
          hostname: notification.default.svc.cluster.local
      listeners:
        - port: 8080
          protocol: http
  virtual_router:
    name: messaging-router
    listeners:
      - port: 8080
        protocol: http
  route:
    name: messaging-route
    http_route:
      match:
        prefix: /
      action:
        weighted_targets:
          - virtual_node: messaging
            weight: 100
      retry_policy:
        max_retries: 3
        per_retry_timeout:
          unit: ms
          value: 2000
        http_retry_events:
          - server-error
                

-- Relational DB Schema (SQL)
CREATE TABLE users (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY,
  username VARCHAR(50) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
  email VARCHAR(255) UNIQUE NOT NULL,
  created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  updated_at TIMESTAMP
);

CREATE TABLE relationships (
  follower_id UUID REFERENCES users(id),
  followed_id UUID REFERENCES users(id),
  created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY (follower_id, followed_id)
);

-- NoSQL DB Schema (Pseudo-Code)
table:
  name: Posts
  key_schema:
    - attribute_name: post_id
      key_type: HASH
    - attribute_name: metadata_type
      key_type: RANGE
  secondary_indexes:
    - index_name: UserPostsIndex
      key_schema:
        - attribute_name: user_id
          key_type: HASH
      projection:
        type: INCLUDE
        non_key_attributes:
          - content
          - created_at
                

# Example Monitoring Configuration (Pseudo-Code)
monitoring:
  alarm:
    name: HighCPUUsage
    description: Triggers when container CPU usage exceeds 80%
    metric_name: CPUUtilization
    namespace: ContainerService
    statistic: Average
    period: 300
    evaluation_periods: 2
    threshold: 80
    comparison_operator: GreaterThanThreshold
    dimensions:
      - name: ClusterName
        value: SocialPlatformCluster
    alarm_actions:
      - notification_topic
  notification:
    topic:
      name: SocialPlatformAlerts