Spring boot and MongoDB REST API - CRUD Example

The application demonstrates the REST API using Spring boot and MongoDB. The application demonstrates all the database operations like Create, Read, Update and Delete.

Tools and Technologies used

• Spring boot 2.1.2
• MongoDB
• Eclipse Oxygen
• Java1.8

Note: I am using mLab for MongoDB database

Step to install

1. Clone the application

git clone https://github.com/scbushan05/spring-boot-mongodb.git

2. Build and run the backend app using maven

cd spring-boot-mongodb-rest-api
mvn package
java -jar target/spring-boot-mongodb-rest-api-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Alternatively, you can run the app without packaging it using -

mvn spring-boot:run

The backend server will start at http://localhost:8080.