vertx-social

Sample vertx web application to showcase the usage of vertx-boot library.

Getting Started

Git clone the project on your local machine and import it to your favorite ide.

Prerequisites

For runnning this, you will need

• Java 1.8
• Gradle support - In Eclipse editor, goto help -> eclipse marketplace -> search for buildship (buildship gradle integration) and install it.
• Vertx-Boot library.

Brief

This sample application make use of Vertx-Boot library to expose a rest API /runner/api/ping

• HttpServerVerticle -> Default verticle from the vertx-boot library. Can be extened for the functionality.
• MessagingVerticle -> Sample Messaging verticle to send messages (no functionality for now).
• ServerStatusHandler -> Sample handler to send a "OK" Json response.
• PingHandler -> Default handler from the vertx-boot library to send a "OK" Json response.

Running the app

For running the app, (IDE used here is IntelliJ)

• Open appConfig.json file and set the "http_server_port" as per your choice.
• Once, changes are done in appConfig.json, add/edit Run/Debug Configurations for the project("vertx-social") and set:
  • Main class: com.greyseal.vertx.boot.AppLauncher
  • VM options: -Dlogback.configurationFile=file:../vertx-social/src/main/resources/logback.xml
  • Program arguments: run com.greyseal.vertx.boot.verticle.MainVerticle -conf ../vertx-social/src/main/resources/appConfig.json
  • Environment variables: ENV=dev
    
    

After setting the variables, Run/Debug the project. If app starts successfully, then try

Type: GET http://localhost:8080/runner/api/ping
Headers: Content-Type: application/json; Trace-Id: c1d887063c3e492b9951b0479fadddda

Response

{
    "status": "OK"
}

That's it.

Vertx-Social usage

• Currently added support for LinkedIn/Github apis. To run/debug...
  
  

• To get Authorization url
  
  Type: POST http://localhost:8080/runner/api/social/authorizationurl?provider=LINKEDIN
  Headers: Content-Type: application/json; Trace-Id: c1d887063c3e492b9951b0479faddddu
  Request body:

{
  "scopes": [
    "r_basicprofile",
    "r_emailaddress",
    "rw_company_admin",
    "w_share"
  ],
  "redirect_uri": "{redirect_uri}",
  "state": "STATE"
}

Response:

{
   "authorizationURL": "{authorization_url}"
}

Click on Authorization url to get the Authorization code.

• To get Access Token url
  
  Type: POST http://localhost:8080/runner/api/social/accesstoken?provider=LINKEDIN
  Headers: Content-Type: application/json; Trace-Id: c1d887063c3e492b9951b0479faddddu
  Request body:

{
"code":"{authorization_code}",
"redirect_uri":"{redirect_uri}"
}

Response:

{
   "access_token": "{access_token}",
   "expires_in": 5163999,
   "expires_at": 1561910752077
}

Get the access_token and pass it to the concrete apis

• To get Linkedin user profile url
  
  Type: POST http://localhost:8080/runner/api/social/profile?provider=LINKEDIN
  Headers: Content-Type: application/json; Trace-Id: c1d887063c3e492b9951b0479faddddu
  Request body:

{
"access_token":"{access_token}"
}

Response:

{
   "firstName": "ABC",
   "headline": "Software Engineer",
   "id": "8mAy5C1epf",
   "lastName": "XYZ",
   "siteStandardProfileRequest": {
       "url": "{url}"
   }
}

Try same for Github by updating provider=LINKEDIN t0 provider=GITHUB

Built With

• Vertx - The web framework used
• Gradle - Dependency Management