Journal-application-API

The Journal Application is a Spring Boot-based web application for managing journal entries. It allows users to create, read, update, and delete journal entries, with MongoDB as the data storage. The application provides a RESTful API for interaction.

Description

The Journal Application is a Spring Boot-based web application designed to manage journal entries. It allows users to create, read, update, and delete journal entries. The application uses MongoDB for data storage and provides a RESTful API for interaction.

Features

• Create Journal Entries: Users can create new journal entries with a title and content.
• Read Journal Entries: Users can retrieve all journal entries or a specific entry by its ID.
• Update Journal Entries: Users can update the title and content of existing journal entries.
• Delete Journal Entries: Users can delete journal entries by their ID.
• Error Handling: Proper HTTP status codes are returned for different scenarios (e.g., entry not found, internal server error).

Technologies Used

• Java: The primary programming language.
• Spring Boot: Framework for building the application.
• MongoDB: NoSQL database for storing journal entries.
• Maven: Build and dependency management tool.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/journal-app.git
   cd journal-app

2. Build the project:

   mvn clean install

3. Run the application:

   mvn spring-boot:run

Usage

• Base URL: /journal
• Endpoints:
  • GET /journal: Retrieve all journal entries.
  • POST /journal: Create a new journal entry.
  • GET /journal/{id}: Retrieve a journal entry by ID.
  • PUT /journal/{id}: Update a journal entry by ID.
  • DELETE /journal/{id}: Delete a journal entry by ID.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch:

   git checkout -b feature-branch

3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m "Description of changes"

5. Push to the branch:

   git push origin feature-branch

6. Create a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.