Gara App Backend

🚀 A modern, secure backend application built with Spring Boot, featuring JWT authentication and real-time capabilities through Server-Sent Events.

✨ Features

• 🔐 JWT Authentication - Secure token-based authentication
• 🛡️ Spring Security - Comprehensive security framework
• ⚡ Server-Sent Events - Real-time data streaming
• ☕ Java 21 - Latest LTS Java features
• 🏗️ Spring Boot - Production-ready framework
• 📦 Maven - Dependency management and build automation

🛠️ Tech Stack

Technology	Version	Purpose
Java	21	Programming Language
Spring Boot	3.5.0	Application Framework
Spring Security	6.x	Security Framework
JWT	-	Authentication Tokens
Maven	3.5.0	Build Tool

🚀 Quick Start

Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/j-imsa/gara-app-backend.git

Navigate to project directory

  cd gara-app-backend

Run the application

  mvn spring-boot:run

📡 API Endpoints

Authentication

• POST /api/auth/login - User login
• POST /api/auth/register - User registration
• POST /api/auth/refresh - Refresh JWT token

Real-time Events

• GET /api/events/stream - SSE endpoint for live updates

🔧 Configuration

Create application.yml with your settings:

server: 
  port: 8888

jwt: 
  secret: 
    your-secret-key: 
      expiration: 86400000

spring: 
  datasource: 
    url: jdbc:h2:mem:garadb

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the project
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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