API Playground - Backend Service for Testing purposes

Description

This project is a backend service for managing users, products, and orders. It is built using Kotlin and Ktor, and uses Gradle for build automation. Feel free to use this project as a playground to practice your API automation testing skills. Moreover, you can connect this project with the testing-playground-frontend project to create a full-stack application for testing purposes.

Technologies Used

• Kotlin
• Exposed
• Gradle
• JDK 17 (JAVA_HOME environment variable must be set to PATH)
• Docker or Docker Desktop (required for running Postgres database)

API Documentation

Swagger

Copy/Paste openapi.yaml to Swagger Editor Online to view the API Documentation. Or you can use the OpenAPI Specifications plugin to view the API documentation in IntelliJ IDEA.

Postman

Feel free to use the Playground Postman Collection to test the API. You can import the collection into Postman and run the requests. Or you can import the openapi.yaml file into Postman to view the API documentation and test the endpoints.

How to Run using Docker

Docker Compose FULL

This project uses Docker Compose to run the Postgres database and the App. The docker-compose.yml file is located in the root directory of the project.

1. Make sure you have Docker or Docker Desktop installed.
2. Open a Terminal and navigate to the root directory of the project.
3. Run the Terminal and type this command docker compose up -d to build and start the containers. (-d option is not required, but it is recommended to run the containers in detached mode.)
4. Wait for the containers to start. You can check the logs in the terminal.

Docker Compose DATABASE

This project uses Docker Compose to run the Postgres database ONLY. The docker-compose.yml file is located in the root directory of the project.

1. Make sure you have Docker or Docker Desktop installed.
2. Open a Terminal and navigate to the root directory of the project.
3. Run the Terminal and type this command docker compose -f docker-compose-database.yml up -d to build and start the Postgres container. (-d option is not required, but it is recommended to run the container in detached mode.)

How to Run using IntelliJ IDEA

*nix

This project has been tested on Linux and MacOS operating systems. The steps below should work on both, but there may be some differences in the installation process.

1. Install a fresh instance of Docker Desktop.
2. Download the JDK 17 Corretto installer from the Amazon website.
3. Install/Update IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition to the latest version.
4. Open the IDEA project (check in the settings that Gradle is using the correct JDK version).
5. IDEA automatically downloads all dependencies.
6. Follow the Docker Compose DATABASE section to run the Postgres database.
7. Go to the src/main/kotlin directory and open the Application.kt file.
8. Right-click on the main function and select Run 'ApplicationKt' or use the play button in the top right corner of the IDE.

Windows

This project has been tested on Windows operating system. The steps below should work on Windows, but there may be some differences in the installation process.

1. Install a fresh instance of Docker Desktop.
2. The Docker installer offered to install WSL and run through it instead of Hyper-V (a pleasant surprise ❤️).
3. Install/Update IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition to the latest version.
4. Download the JDK 17 Corretto installer from the Amazon website.
5. Verify the system and user PATH variables (one was incorrect, so I updated it manually).
6. Reboot the computer to apply the new PATH.
7. Open the IDEA project (check in the settings that Gradle is using the correct JDK version).
8. IDEA automatically downloads all dependencies.
9. Open a new type of Terminal in IDEA via right-clicking on the terminal tab (see screenshot). (This terminal is some kind of illegitimate child of Linux and Windows...)
10. Follow the Docker Compose DATABASE section to run the Postgres database.
11. Go to the src/main/kotlin directory and open the Application.kt file.
12. Right-click on the main function and select Run 'ApplicationKt' or use the play button in the top right corner of the IDE.

Configuration

The application configuration is located in the src/main/resources/application.conf file. You can change the database connection settings, server port, and other parameters there.

Logs

Logs are written to the logs directory in the root of the project. You can change the logging configuration in the src/main/resources/logback.xml file.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.