About this project

This is a simple API with only a few endpoints to test:

• /cats: returns all cats within the in-memory database
• /cats/{id}: replace id with the id of the cat you want; returns only that specific cat

Getting started

• Run the project
  • ./mvnw clean spring-boot:run on Linux/MacOS
  • mvnw.cmd clean spring-boot:run on Windows
• Check which port the application is running on
  • VSCode has a PORTS tab where you can check your running applications; check for one running java
  • Spring outputs to the terminal a log of how it initializes the project; check for a line that says Tomcat initialized with port [number] (http)
  • Usually this port should be 8080
• In a browser, you can check what each endpoint returns by typing in localhost:8080/{endpoint}; you can also use the curl command with the corresponding HTTP method to connect to the endpoint