Why have seperate relational database?

[pallabez]

Requirement

• The service should be reusable without any RDS dependency.
• JSON:API specs needs to be followed.

So why seperate database

• To avoid coupling with RDS
• Only partial JSON:API specs can be followed if using non relational database.
• Low effort on setting up the api as python framework is available.
• No RDS related security key is needed

Disadvantage

• Authentication flow is complicated (but have been planned and partially completed)

[pallabez]

If we were to use existing database then how much time or effort we need to make it right?

• @ivinayakg Can you please look into it? Take help from Prakash when needed.

[ivinayakg]

By existing database you are referring to firestore which is the current configuration, right?

[pallabez]

Yes