Blog API Backend

Blog API is a backend API that is fully implemented using vertx.io. Vertx is a Reactive Java toolkit, that brings a huge performance to Java Application.

⚠️ This implementation was used as Educational Resource on the Instituto Tecnológico de las Americas (ITLA), where I was a Teacher for two years [2017-2019].

Used technologies:

• Vertx.io: It's a toolkit to building reactive applications on the JVM.
• Docker: Linux Container where the app in bundle.
• Docker Compose: To deploy the App stack (BlogAPI and MariaDB).
• MariaDB: SQL Database where all data are stored.

What can this API:

• Manage register/login 🔑
• Create Posts 📰
• Create Comments 📣
• Likes posts 👍
• Events with through Websocket:
  • when a new user is connected/disconnected 🔌
  • When new post/comment are created
  • When users likes/dislikes posts.

Demo:

⚠️ This demo will be available soon!.

⚠️ Please use fake username and password to register.

Click here to see the GUI, that has implemented this API.

How to run it?

$ cp .env.dist .env
$ nano .env
$ docker-compose up -d

or if you want to build by your own changes.

$ make build
$ make create-image
$ docker-compose up -d