This is a Spring Boot application that provides a simple movie listing and personal watchlist API. It uses Spring Security (Basic Auth) for authentication and an H2 in-memory database for storage.
Features
- Retrieve a list of movies, with optional sorting by year and filtering by minimum rating.
- Manage a personal movie watchlist: add, remove, and view movies.
- Track how many users have added a movie to their watchlist.
- Preloaded sample dataset of movies (inserted via DataLoader.java).
- Basic authentication with demo users (user1, user2).
- H2 in-memory database for quick testing.
API Endpoints
Movies
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/movies?sort=year&minRating=50 |
Returns a list of all movies, optionally sorted by year and filtered by minimum rating. |
User Watchlist
| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/watchlist |
Retrieves the authenticated user's movie watchlist. |
| POST | /api/watchlist/{movieId} |
Adds a movie to the authenticated user's watchlist. |
| DELETE | /api/watchlist/{movieId} |
Removes a movie from the authenticated user's watchlist. |
Authentication The application uses HTTP Basic Authentication.
| Username | Password | Role |
|---|---|---|
| user1 | password1 | USER |
| user2 | password2 | USER |
H2 Database
This project uses H2 In-Memory Database. You can inspect data through the H2 Console: Run the application. Open browser: http://localhost:8080/h2-console Enter connection details: JDBC URL: jdbc:h2:mem:moviesdb User: user Password: 0987
Example Usage Postman Get Movies GET http://localhost:8080/api/movies?sort=year&minRating=60
Add to Watchlist POST http://localhost:8080/api/watchlist/1 Auth: Basic (user1 / password1)
Get Watchlist GET http://localhost:8080/api/watchlist Auth: Basic (user1 / password1)
Remove from Watchlist DELETE http://localhost:8080/api/watchlist/1 Auth: Basic (user1 / password1)