Location Api

This application serves as a backend server exposing several apis for locations management.

Meta info

Application showcases knowledge of:

• Java programming language
  • Javadoc covering services
• Spring framework
  • Application setup and initialization
  • Annotation utilization
    • Controller and Service definition
    • Exposed requests mapping
      • CRUD (POST, PUT, DELETE, GET)
      • Receiving objects as body, path variable and request param
    • Dependency injection (on constructor)
    • Cross origin handling
  • CRUD (Mongo) repository
    • Query methods
• Data layer
  • Document database (Mongo) setup / NoSQL
• Swagger (for application specification)
• General
  • Services defined as interfaces with separate implementation
  • REST calls
    • GET with request parameters and path variable
    • DELETE with path variable
    • POST and PUT with body
  • Helpers and utility classes with mostly static content
  • Having git commit messages readable
• Concepts
  • Separation of concerns
  • “N-tier architecture”
    • Controllers expose api endpoints
    • (Business) Logic is found inside services
    • Data layer is accessed from repositories
• Operations
  • Setting environment variables (for production and development differentiation)
  • Deploying application

Requirements

1. Java - 11.x
2. Maven - 3.x.x
3. MongoDB - local database, host: localhost:27017, database: test; or see environment variable under Development server

Development server

1. Build and run the backend app using maven

   mvn package
   java -jar location_api-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

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

   mvn spring-boot:run

2. Provide MONGODB_URI environment variable, unless using Mongo database found at localhost (default port: 27017)