zatec-backend-service

This backend service integrate with Chuck Norris API and the Star Wars API to;

1. Fetch All Jokes Categories
2. Fetch All Star Wars People
3. Search for jokes and People.

Technologies

• Java 17 - Language
• Spring Boot 2.7.0 - Server side framework
• Maven - Build tool
• Docker - Containerizing framework
• Swagger - API documentation
• JUnit,Hamcrest - Unit testing
• Cloud Platform - Heroku
• CI / CD - Github Actions

Demo Link

Frontend App: https://zatec-frontend-app.herokuapp.com/

Swagger API documentation: https://zatec-backend-service.herokuapp.com/swagger-ui.html

Running the server locally

Use the below command to build and run the application:

mvn clean package

then run

mvn spring-boot:run

The application would start on port 8080

Running the server in Docker Container

Install Docker desktop and run this command to build image

docker  build -t zatec-backend-service .

and run container with

docker  container run -d  -p 8080:8080 zatec-backend-service

Monitoring and Metrics

Actuator endpoint expose the following operation:

• /metrics Shows “metrics” information for the current application.

• /health Shows application health information.

• /info Displays arbitrary application info.

All the actuator endpoints is available via http://localhost:8080/actuator.

License

MIT license @ Ahmed Kabiru