Backend for Community Forum

This project is a community forum with a Spring Boot backend. Created for HealConnect, a one-stop personal Mental Health website submitted in Odoo x Amalthea Hackathon held at IIT Gandhinagar on Nov 9, 2024 by my team Team Twix. Users can register, create posts, and add comments. Each post displays its content along with comments from various users.

Features

• Register a new user
• View all posts or individual post details
• Create a new post (requires username and password)
• Add comments to a post (requires username and password)

API Endpoints

Below is a list of available API endpoints and their usage.

User Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Request JSON	Response
GET	/api/users	Get all users	None	List of users
GET	/api/users/{id}	Get user by ID	None	User details
POST	/api/users/register	Register a new user	{ "username": "string", "password": "string" }	Status message

Post Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Request JSON	Response
GET	/api/posts	Get all posts	None	List of posts
GET	/api/posts/{id}	Get post by ID	None	Post details
POST	/api/posts	Create a new post	{ "username": "string", "password": "string", "title": "string", "content": "string" }	Status message

Comment Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description	Request JSON	Response
POST	/api/posts/{id}/comments	Add a comment to a post	{ "username": "string", "password": "string", "content": "string" }	Status message

Running the Project

1. Backend:
   • Set up and start the Spring Boot application to serve API requests.