I am really close on this.. but can't seem to get it to load the nodejs project.

The Docker log:

2025-03-24 09:16:56 Container started
2025-03-24 09:16:57 node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1143
2025-03-24 09:16:57   throw err;
2025-03-24 09:16:57   ^
2025-03-24 09:16:57 
2025-03-24 09:16:57 Error: Cannot find module 'express'
2025-03-24 09:16:57 Require stack:
2025-03-24 09:16:57 - /workspace/index.js
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1140:15)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:27)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1231:19)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:177:18)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Object.<anonymous> (/workspace/index.js:1:17)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1364:14)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1422:10)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1203:32)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1019:12)
2025-03-24 09:16:57     at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:128:12) {
2025-03-24 09:16:57   code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
2025-03-24 09:16:57   requireStack: [ '/workspace/index.js' ]
2025-03-24 09:16:57 }
2025-03-24 09:16:57 
2025-03-24 09:16:57 Node.js v18.20.7

Background

I am on a mac, using the latest version of docker desktop and the latest version of VS Code

Docker desktop Bind Mounts

It appears as if Docker Desktop is binding the correct directory to the workspace folder in the container:

Project structure

The Project has the following structure:

/RP_server
|-- .devcontainer/
|   |-- devcontainer.json
|   |-- docker-compose.yml
|-- nodejs-service/
|   |-- Dockerfile
|   |-- package.json
|   |-- index.js
|   |-- swagger.json
|-- python-service/
|   |-- Dockerfile
|   |-- main.py
|   |-- requirements.txt
|   |-- swagger.yaml

File contents

devcontainer.json

{
  "name": "Multi-Container Dev Environment",
  "dockerComposeFile": "./docker-compose.yml",
  "service": "nodejs-service",
  "workspaceFolder": "/workspace",
  "customizations": {
    "vscode": {
      "extensions": [
        "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
        "ms-python.python",
        "ms-azuretools.vscode-docker"
      ],
      "settings": {}
    }
  }
}

docker-compose.yml

services:
  postgres:
    image: postgres:15
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: user
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
      POSTGRES_DB: mydb
    ports:
      - '5432:5432'
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  nodejs-service:
    build:
      context: ../nodejs-service
    ports:
      - '3000:3000'
    volumes:
      - ../nodejs-service:/workspace
    depends_on:
      - postgres

  python-service:
    build:
      context: ../python-service
    ports:
      - '8000:8000'
    volumes:
      - ../python-service:/workspace
    depends_on:
      - postgres

volumes:
  postgres-data:

nodejs-service/Dockerfile

FROM node:18
WORKDIR /workspace
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm install
COPY . .
EXPOSE 3000
CMD ["node", "index.js"]

nodejs-service/package.json

{
    "name": "nodejs-service",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Node.js service",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
        "start": "node index.js"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "express": "^4.18.2",
        "swagger-jsdoc": "^6.2.8",
        "swagger-ui-express": "^4.6.2"
    }
}

nodejs-service/index.js

const express = require('express');
const swaggerUi = require('swagger-ui-express');
const swaggerDocument = require('./swagger.json');

const app = express();
const PORT = 3000;

app.use('/api-docs', swaggerUi.serve, swaggerUi.setup(swaggerDocument));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.json({ message: 'Hello from Node.js Service!' });
});

app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Node.js service running on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
});

nodejs-service/swagger.json

{
    "swagger": "2.0",
    "info": {
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "title": "Node.js Service API",
        "description": "API documentation for Node.js Service"
    },
    "host": "localhost:3000",
    "basePath": "/",
    "schemes": [
        "http"
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/": {
            "get": {
                "summary": "Say Hello",
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "Successful response",
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                                "message": {
                                    "type": "string"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

python-service/Dockerfile

FROM python:3.10

WORKDIR /workspace

COPY requirements.txt ./
RUN pip install -r requirements.txt

COPY . .

EXPOSE 8000
CMD ["python", "main.py"]

python-service/main.py

from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.openapi.utils import get_openapi
from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse

app = FastAPI(docs_url="/api-docs")

@app.get("/")
async def read_root():
    return JSONResponse({"message": "Hello from Python Service!"})

def custom_openapi():
    if app.openapi_schema:
        return app.openapi_schema
    openapi_schema = get_openapi(
        title="Python Service API",
        version="1.0.0",
        description="API documentation for Python Service",
        routes=app.routes,
    )
    app.openapi_schema = openapi_schema
    return app.openapi_schema

app.openapi = custom_openapi

python-service/requirements.txt

fastapi
uvicorn
pyyaml

python-service/swagger.yml

openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Python Service API
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /:
    get:
      summary: Say Hello
      responses:
        200:
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string