JournalApp

A Spring Boot–based Journal Management API that allows users to create, manage, and organize personal journal entries through RESTful APIs. The application is designed with a scalable backend architecture using modern technologies like Kafka, Redis, and MongoDB.

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🚀 Features

• Create, update, and delete journal entries
• Retrieve all journal entries for a user
• RESTful API design
• Event-driven messaging using Kafka
• Redis caching for faster data retrieval
• MongoDB for flexible document storage
• Scalable backend architecture

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Language: Java
• Framework: Spring Boot
• Database: MongoDB
• Messaging System: Apache Kafka
• Caching: Redis
• Build Tool: Maven
• API Testing: Postman

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📂 Project Structure

journalapp
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├── controller        # REST API endpoints
├── service           # Business logic
├── repository        # Database access layer
├── model             # Data models
├── config            # Configuration files
└── JournalAppApplication.java

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⚙️ How to Run the Project

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/journalapp.git

2️⃣ Navigate to the project folder

cd journalapp

3️⃣ Run the application

mvn spring-boot:run

The server will start on:

http://localhost:8080

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📡 Example API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/journal	Create a new journal entry
GET	/journal	Get all journal entries
PUT	/journal/{id}	Update a journal entry
DELETE	/journal/{id}	Delete a journal entry

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🔮 Future Improvements

• Add JWT authentication
• Implement user accounts
• Add frontend UI (React or Angular)
• Dockerize the application
• Deploy to cloud (AWS / GCP)

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👨‍💻 Author

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