Add a healthcheck route to backend

backend/crates/api/Cargo.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 uuid = { workspace = true }
+chrono = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 chrono = { workspace = true }

backend/crates/api/src/lib.rs

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 //!
 //! ## API Endpoints
 //!
+//! ### Health Check
+//! - `GET /health` - Health check endpoint for monitoring
+//!
 //! ### Users
 //! - `POST /users` - Create a new user
 //! - `GET /users/:id` - Get a user by ID
@@ -156,6 +159,7 @@ where
         .allow_headers(Any);
 
     let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/health", get(health_check))
         .route("/users", post(create_user::<U>))
         .route("/users/:id", get(get_user::<U>))
         .route("/users", get(list_users::<U>))
@@ -255,6 +259,8 @@ where
 
 /// Deletes a user by ID.
 ///
+/// Returns a 204 No Content response on successful deletion.
+///
 /// # Response
 /// - `204 No Content` - User successfully deleted
 /// - `404 Not Found` - User with specified ID not found
@@ -351,6 +357,8 @@ where
 
 /// Deletes a product by ID.
 ///
+/// Returns a 204 No Content response on successful deletion.
+///
 /// # Response
 /// - `204 No Content` - Product successfully deleted
 /// - `404 Not Found` - Product with specified ID not found
@@ -367,6 +375,21 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Health check endpoint for monitoring and load balancers.
+///
+/// Returns a simple JSON response indicating the service is healthy.
+/// This endpoint is used by Docker healthchecks and monitoring systems.
+///
+/// # Response
+/// - `200 OK` - Service is healthy
+async fn health_check() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    (StatusCode::OK, Json(serde_json::json!({
+        "status": "healthy",
+        "service": "sharenet-api",
+        "timestamp": chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339()
+    })))
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     //! # API Tests
@@ -566,6 +589,7 @@ mod tests {
         };
 
         Router::new()
+            .route("/health", get(health_check))
             .route("/users", post(create_user::<MockUserService>))
             .route("/users/:id", get(get_user::<MockUserService>))
             .route("/users", get(list_users::<MockUserService>))
@@ -946,6 +970,39 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    mod health_check {
+        //! # Health Check Endpoint Tests
+        //!
+        //! Tests for the health check endpoint used by Docker healthchecks
+        //! and monitoring systems.
+
+        use super::*;
+
+        /// Tests the health check endpoint returns a healthy status.
+        #[tokio::test]
+        async fn test_health_check() {
+            let app = create_test_app();
+
+            let response = app
+                .oneshot(
+                    Request::builder()
+                        .method("GET")
+                        .uri("/health")
+                        .body(Body::empty())
+                        .unwrap(),
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+            
+            let health_data: serde_json::Value = extract_json(response).await;
+            assert_eq!(health_data["status"], "healthy");
+            assert_eq!(health_data["service"], "sharenet-api");
+            assert!(health_data["timestamp"].is_string());
+        }
+    }
+
     mod product_endpoints {
         //! # Product Endpoint Tests
         //!

docker-compose.yml

@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       backend:
         condition: service_healthy
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:3000/api/health"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 3
     networks:
       - sharenet-network