Blogging API

This is a RESTful API for managing a personal blog, built with Spring Boot. It provides basic CRUD operations for handling blog articles.

Features

• List All Articles: Retrieve a list of all existing articles.
• Retrieve Article by ID: Get details of a specific article by its ID.
• Create New Article: Add a new blog article.
• Update Existing Article: Modify an existing article.
• Delete Article: Remove an article from the system.

API Endpoints

• List All Articles
  • GET /api/v1/articles - List all articles.
• Retrieve Article by ID
  • GET /api/v1/articles/{id} - Retrieve a specific article by its ID.
• Create New Article
  • POST /api/v1/articles - Create a new article. Requires a JSON body with article details.
• Update Existing Article
  • PUT /api/v1/articles/{id} - Update an existing article. Requires a JSON body with updated article details.
• Delete Article
  • DELETE /api/v1/articles/{id} - Delete an article by its ID.

Technologies Used

• Java: Programming language used for backend development.
• Spring Boot: Framework for building the RESTful API.
• Spring Data JPA: ORM framework for data access and persistence.
• PostgreSQL: Database for storing articles.
• Maven: Build tool used for project management.

Prerequisites

• JDK 22
• Maven
• PostgreSQL

Getting Started

1. Clone the Repository:

git clone https://github.com/Pragadeesh-19/Blog-Api.git
cd Blog-Api

2. Configure the Database:

   Create a PostgreSQL database and update the application.properties file with your database credentials:

   spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/blogapi
   spring.datasource.username=your-username
   spring.datasource.password=your-password

3. Build and Run the Application:

   Using Maven:

   mvn clean install
   mvn spring-boot:run

Testing

Use Postman to test the API endpoints. Import the provided Postman collection (if available) for pre-defined tests.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request for any changes or enhancements.