This simple API give to you a way to fetch quotations into JSON format.
To set up and run the server, you need to create a MySQL database and add a file /src/main/resources/application.properties which the following content. Don't forget to replace fields like database name, username, and password.
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql:https://${MYSQL_HOST:localhost}:3306/{database_name}
spring.datasource.username={user_name}
spring.datasource.password={password}
spring.datasource.driver-class-name =com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
#spring.jpa.show-sql: true
Now, access the root project and execute the command below to download the Gradle locally.
gradle wrapperThen, run this Gradle task:
./gradlew bootRunYou might want to access the endpoints using the following cURL commands.
GET
http:https://localhost:8080/api/v1/simplequotations
http:https://localhost:8080/api/v1/simplequotations/{id}
http:https://localhost:8080/api/v1/simplequotations/randomPOST
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"author": "Erik Naggum",
"year": "1993",
"quotationContent": "Life is too long to know C++ well.",
"urlImgAssociatedWithIt": ""
}' \
http:https://localhost:8080/api/v1/simplequotationsPUT
curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"author": "Robert C. Martin",
"year": "1993",
"quotationContent": "Redundant comments are just places to collect lies and misinformation.",
"urlImgAssociatedWithIt": ""
}' \
http:https://localhost:8080/api/v1/simplequotations/1DELETE
curl -X DELETE http:https://localhost:8080/api/v1/simplequotations/1