Task Management API

A backend API for managing and executing tasks as shell commands. Built with Spring Boot and MongoDB, the API supports creating, updating, executing, and deleting tasks, while also tracking execution logs.

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Features

• Create and update tasks with fields:

  • id
  • name
  • owner
  • command

• Track multiple executions per task with:

  • Start time
  • End time
  • Output logs

• RESTful API endpoints to interact with tasks

• Validation for safe shell command execution

• MongoDB used as a persistent datastore

• Spring Boot backend for easy integration and deployment

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java 17 or higher
• MongoDB server installed and running
• Maven or Gradle build tool
• Git installed
• VS Code or preferred IDE

Clone Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/task-management-api.git
cd task-management-api

Run Application

Using Maven:

./mvnw spring-boot:run

Or using Gradle:

./gradlew bootRun

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API Overview

Example endpoints (to be expanded):

• POST /tasks → Create a new task
• GET /tasks/{id} → Get task details
• PUT /tasks/{id} → Update task
• DELETE /tasks/{id} → Delete task
• POST /tasks/{id}/execute → Execute task and store logs

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Database

• Tasks stored in MongoDB collection
• Execution logs stored as embedded documents within tasks