Quiz API

Description

Simple API written in Java using Spring Boot and a Relational Database.

Website URLs

orbanszlrd-quiz.herokuapp.com
quiz.dinodev.hu

API Endpoints

1. The User API

   • POST /api/v1/users Add a new user.
   • GET /api/v1/users Retrieve all users.
   • GET /api/v1/users/{id} Get a user by its id.
   • PUT /api/v1/users/{id} Update a user by its id.
   • DELETE /api/v1/users/{id} Delete a user by its id

2. The Category API

   • POST /api/v1/categories Add a new category.
   • GET /api/v1/categories Retrieve all categories.
   • GET /api/v1/categories/{id} Get a category by its id.
   • PUT /api/v1/categories/{id} Update a category by its id.
   • DELETE /api/v1/categories/{id} Delete a category by its id

3. The Quiz API

   • POST /api/v1/quizzes Add a new Quiz.
   • GET /api/v1/quizzes Retrieve all Quizzes.
   • GET /api/v1/quizzes/{id} Get a Quiz by its id.
   • PUT /api/v1/quizzes/{id} Update a Quiz by its id.
   • DELETE /api/v1/quizzes/{id} Delete a Quiz by its id.

4. The Question API

   • POST /api/v1/questions Add a new Question.
   • GET /api/v1/questions Retrieve all Questions.
   • GET /api/v1/questions/{id} Get a Question by its id.
   • PUT /api/v1/questions/{id} Update a Question by its id.
   • DELETE /api/v1/questions/{id} Delete a Question by its id.

5. The Answer API

   • POST /api/v1/answers Add a new Answer.
   • GET /api/v1/answers Retrieve all Answers.
   • GET /api/v1/answers/{id} Get an Answer by its id.
   • PUT /api/v1/answers/{id} Update an Answer by its id.
   • DELETE /api/v1/answers/{id} Delete an Answer by its id.

Database

The structure of the tables generated by Hibernate is slightly different.

H2 Database

PostgreSQL

MariaDB

Documentation

• http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui
• http://localhost:8080/api-docs
• http://localhost:8080/h2-console

Development

Prerequisites

Install the OpenJDK.
Install the PostgreSQL, an open source relational database.
Install the MariaDB, an open source relational database.
Install Git, the free and open source distributed version control system. Install Docker, an open source containerization platform.
Install Docker Compose, a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.

Recommended software

Install IntelliJ IDEA, or any other IDE for Java
Install DBeaver, a free universal database tool and SQL client.
Install Postman, an API platform for building and using APIs.

Clone the project

Run [email protected]:orbanszlrd/quiz-api.git to clone the repository from GitHub.

Create a Database

After installing PostgreSQL or MariaDB, create a database for your project.

Create the necessary Environment Variables

• PostgreSQL:

SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://<hostname>:5432/<dbname>
SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=<username>
SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=<password>

• MariaDB:

SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:mariadb://<hostname>:3306/<dbname>
SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=<username>
SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=<password>

Docker

• To build a docker image run ./docker-image-builder.sh
• To run the app in a docker container run ./docker-container-runner.sh
• The app will start running on http://localhost:9090 and will use an embedded H2 database
• To run the app with PostgreSQL run docker-compose up