Java REST API

A RESTful CRUD API for a simple Note-taking application using Spring Boot, MySQL, JPA and Hibernate.

Requirements

• Java 1.8.x
• Maven 3.x.x
• MySQL 5.x.x

Setup

Steps to Setup

1. Clone the application

git clone https://github.com/callicoder/spring-boot-mysql-rest-api-tutorial.git

2. Create Mysql database

create database notes_app

3. Change mysql username and password as per your installation

• open src/main/resources/application.properties

• change spring.datasource.username and spring.datasource.password as per your mysql installation

4. Build and run the app using maven

mvn package
java -jar target/easy-notes-1.0.0.jar

Alternatively, you can run the app without packaging it using -

mvn spring-boot:run

The app will start running at http://localhost:8080.

Explore the routes

The app defines following routes.

• GET /api/notes

• POST /api/notes

• GET /api/notes/{noteId}

• PUT /api/notes/{noteId}

• DELETE /api/notes/{noteId}