diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index d602374c..2825a134 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -5,31 +5,108 @@ HARP is a powerful sidecar proxy service designed to elevate the reliability, pe of your application's external API interactions. Think of it as a reverse API gateway or a nearline service mesh for external APIs. -**HARP is released as an Early Access Preview. This means that the software is still in active development and may not -be suitable for your applications.** -.. image:: docs/images/how-it-works.png +.. important:: -* **Easy Integration**: Integrating with your application is a breeze, because it speaks the same language you already + HARP is released as an Early Access Preview. + + Although we already use it for production workloads, it is still under heavy active development and some features + may not be available, or it may not be suitable for your applications. + + We are actively looking for feedback, so please don't hesitate to reach out to us with your thoughts, ideas, or + issues. We are here to help you and make HARP better for everyone. + + +**Quick links:** `Documentation `_ | `Repository `_ | `Issues `_ | `CI/CD `_ + + +How it works? +::::::::::::: + +Overview +-------- + +.. image:: docs/images/HowItWorks-Overview.png + :alt: An overview of how HARP works in your system + :align: center + +* **Easy Integration:** Integrating with your application is a breeze, because it speaks the same language you already use: HTTP. Simply run the proxy, update your API endpoints, and you're ready to go. No complex setup or extensive configuration required. Of course, everything is modular and configurable, so you'll be able to fine-tune for your taste later. -* **Reduced Network Distance**: As a *nearline* proxy, HARP minimizes the network distance between your application +* **Reduced Network Distance:** As a *nearline* proxy, HARP minimizes the network distance between your application and external services, when possible, using standard techniques like caching or prefetching. This leads to faster response times and improved overall performance of your application, even before any configuration is done. -* **Simplified Development**: HARP eliminates the need for writing extensive code for functionalities such as caching, +* **Simplified Development:** HARP eliminates the need for writing extensive code for functionalities such as caching, monitoring, alerting, rate limiting, circuit breaking, retries, tracing, logging, and more. These features can be easily delegated to the proxy, reducing the amount of code you need to write and maintain. -* **Seamless HTTP Integration**: HARP seamlessly integrates with your application using the HTTP protocol. This means +* **Seamless HTTP Integration:** HARP seamlessly integrates with your application using the HTTP protocol. This means that the integration or removal cost is virtually zero, or even negative when considering the reduction in code you won't need to write. `Read the full documentation `_ -.. todo:: - * Quick start (install, run) - * Very basic configuration - * Getting help - * Contribute (issues, doc, patches, ...) - * Credits +Service +------- + +.. image:: docs/images/HowItWorks-Service.png + :alt: What happens within the harp service + :align: center + +Within the service, harp runs one or more proxies, each one listening to one port to instrument your external API calls +with the features you need (auditing, caching, alerting, circuit breaker switch, health checks, etc.). + +An additional (optional) port serves a dashboard to observe your proxies in real-time. + + +Proxy +----- + +.. image:: docs/images/HowItWorks-Proxy.png + :alt: What happens within one harp proxy + :align: center + +Each proxy is configured to intercept and forward requests to a specific external API, with independent configuration. + +The instance's storage is used by each proxy to store whatever it needs, depending on the activated features. + +Proxy features +-------------- + + +Quick start +::::::::::: + +Install + +.. todo:: fix once released + +Run + +.. todo:: fix once released + +Read the docs + +.. todo:: fix once released + +Tell us what you think + +.. todo:: fix once released + + +Credits +::::::: + +* Core contributors: + + - `Arthur Degonde `_ + - `Romain Dorgueil `_ + +* Original idea, design, and development: + + - `Romain Dorgueil `_ + +* Sponsored by `Makersquad `_ + +`There are many ways you can contribute to HARP! `_ diff --git a/docs/images/HowItWorks-Overview.png b/docs/images/HowItWorks-Overview.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..95d2e4c2 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/HowItWorks-Overview.png differ diff --git a/docs/images/HowItWorks-Proxy.png b/docs/images/HowItWorks-Proxy.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..074f7e81 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/HowItWorks-Proxy.png differ diff --git a/docs/images/HowItWorks-Service.png b/docs/images/HowItWorks-Service.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ea719bdd Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/images/HowItWorks-Service.png differ diff --git a/docs/images/how-it-works.png b/docs/images/how-it-works.png deleted file mode 100644 index 52869e81..00000000 Binary files a/docs/images/how-it-works.png and /dev/null differ