📓 Journal Entry Web App

A simple and secure web application for writing and managing personal journal entries, built using Spring Boot, MongoDB, and Redis.
✅ Now fully deployed on Render using Docker.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ User Registration & Login (Spring Security)
• ✅ Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) journal entries
• ✅ Secure password hashing (BCrypt)
• ✅ RESTful APIs using Spring Boot
• ✅ MongoDB document-based storage
• ✅ Timestamped entries
• ✅ Redis Caching for performance
• ✅ Email verification & password recovery
• ✅ API testing with Postman
• ✅ Dockerized for cloud deployment

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🌐 Live Public Endpoint

👉 Base URL: https://restapi-s6gb.onrender.com

📌 Public API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/auth/register	Register a new user
POST	/api/auth/login	Authenticate user & get token
POST	/api/journals	Create a new journal entry
GET	/api/journals	List all entries for user
GET	/api/journals/{id}	Get a specific entry
PUT	/api/journals/{id}	Update an entry
DELETE	/api/journals/{id}	Delete an entry

⚠️ Most journal routes require JWT token in the Authorization: Bearer <token> header.

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🧑‍💻 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Backend	Java, Spring Boot
Database	MongoDB Atlas
Security	Spring Security + JWT
Build Tool	Gradle
Caching	Redis
Mail Service	Gmail SMTP (TLS)
Deployment	Docker + Render
API Testing	Postman
Version Control	Git

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🐳 Docker Deployment (Used in Render)

Render automatically builds using this Dockerfile

✅ Dockerfile Overview

# Build stage
FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk AS build
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN chmod +x ./gradlew
RUN ./gradlew build -x test

# Runtime stage
FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk
WORKDIR /app
COPY --from=build /app/build/libs/restAPI-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
EXPOSE 8080
ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "app.jar"]