Spring Boot MongoDB API

A REST API Spring Boot server for Read operations in MongoDB. This application will accept a GET HTTP requests to perform READ ALL operation form a MongoDB database.

How to install and run this application

Make sure Apache Maven is installed in your system. Navigate to the spring-mongodb-api folder and use terminal to run the following command to build the application:

./mvnw clean package

Once the application is built, run the application using the following command:

./mvnw spring-boot:run

The Database

The connected MongoDB database consistes of a collection users which contains documents with the following schema:

{
    first_name: STRING
    last_name:  STRING,
    email:  STRING,
    age: INTEGER,
    interest: [
        {
            name:  STRING,
            priority:  STRING
        }
    ]
}

All data outputted from this application will follow the above format as a JSON object.

Routes

The API only has one route and one option for a HTTP GET request:

Routes	HTTP Method	Description
/user	GET	Display all user data