Blog API

Overview

The Blog API is a Spring Boot application that provides CRUD operations for managing blog posts. It allows users to create, read, update, and delete blogs through a RESTful API.

Features

• Create a new blog post
• Retrieve all blog posts
• Retrieve a blog post by ID
• Update an existing blog post
• Delete a blog post

Technologies Used

• Java 17+
• Spring Boot (Spring Web, Spring Data JPA)
• Hibernate (ORM for database interactions)
• MySQL/PostgreSQL (or any relational database)
• Maven (for dependency management)
• Postman (for API testing)

Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following installed:

• Java Development Kit (JDK 17 or later)
• Maven
• MySQL (or PostgreSQL, or any preferred relational database)

Steps to Run

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/Dhiraj706Sardar/Blog-Restful-API.git
   cd Blog-Restful-API

2. Configure the Database Copy the application.properties.example file and rename it to application.properties. Update it with your database credentials:

   spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/blogdb
   spring.datasource.username=your_db_username
   spring.datasource.password=your_db_password
   spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
   spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect

3. Build and Run the Application

   mvn clean install
   mvn spring-boot:run

4. Access API Endpoints

   • Create a Blog: POST /blogs
   • Get All Blogs: GET /blogs
   • Get Blog by ID: GET /blogs/{id}
   • Update a Blog: PUT /blogs/{id}
   • Delete a Blog: DELETE /blogs/{id}

API Documentation

You can use Postman to test the endpoints.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new feature branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-name)
5. Create a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Happy Coding! 🚀