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Steps and commands to run the application

This application is created using Spring Boot. The tomcat is embedded in the application set-up so no need to configure it separately. In order to run the application you must need to install few things as follows.

• Java 1.8 or higher
• Maven 3 or higher
• Git Bash to run the curl commands.

Steps:

• Download the project to a suitable directory.
• Open the cmd on windows/mac OS command line with Admin Privilages.
• Go to the path where you downloaded/extracted the project [eg.: C:\springBoot\project].
• Build the project and run the tests by running mvn clean package
• Run the project by running the command mvn spring-boot:run

API testing commands

Note: id=0 means it a new record. id is the unique key for each record.

• To create a new book entry use following curl command. Change the details as per your requirement except the Id.

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" http://localhost:8080/book/createOrUpdate -d '{"author": { "firstName": "Chetan", "id": "0", "lastName": "Bhagat" }, "bookDesc": "Love Story", "bookName": "2 states", "id": "0"}'

• To update an existing book entry use following curl command. Replace id attribute with your desired Id.

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" http://localhost:8080/book/createOrUpdate -d '{"author": { "firstName": "Chetan", "id": "1", "lastName": "Bhaget" }, "bookDesc": "Love Story", "bookName": "2 states", "id": "1"}'

• To retriving a book use following curl command. Replace 1 with your desired Id to fetch other record.

curl -X GET --header 'Accept: application/json' 'http://localhost:8080/book/view/1'

• The response error message when a book with certain Id id not found is as follows: {"errorCode":412,"message":"Book not found with Id: 599"}

• The response error message when book Name is not provided: {"errorCode":412,"message":"Book name cannot be empty."}

• For all successful cases the response will be:

{
  "author": {
    "firstName": "string",
    "id": 0,
    "lastName": "string"
  },
  "bookDesc": "string",
  "bookName": "string",
  "id": 0
}

Swagger UI for API testing

Additionally Swagger is also included in this project for API testing. You can hit the below link for Swagger UI and API testing from browser. http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui.html#!/