/rest-document-archive

A simple document archive with REST interface

Primary LanguageJavaScript

REST Document Archive

A simple document archive with REST interface.

Build and run

git clone https://github.com/murygin/rest-document-archive.git
cd rest-document-archive
mvn package
java -jar target/rest-document-archive-0.1.0.jar

Open http://localhost:8080/ to see the AngularJS frontend.

REST API

  • Add a document

    /archive/upload?file={file}&person={person}&date={date} POST

    • file: A file posted in a multipart request
    • person: The name of the uploading person
    • date: The date of the document

  • Find documents

    /archive/documents?person={person}&date={date} GET

    • person: The name of the uploading person
    • date: The date of the document

  • Get a document

    /archive/document/{id} GET

    • id: The UUID of a document

Documentation

  • REST Service Controller

    Executes incoming request and defines URL to service method mappings. All remote call are delegated to the archive service.

  • Service

    A service to save, find and get documents from an archive.

  • Data access object

    Data access object to insert, find and load documents. FileSystemDocumentDao saves documents in the file system. No database in involved. For each document a folder is created. The folder contains the document and a properties files with the meta data of the document. Each document in the archive has a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). The name of the documents folder is the UUID of the document.

  • Client

    ArchiveServiceClient.java

    A client for the document archive which is using the REST service.

  • Web client

    src/main/resources/static

    A web client made with AngularJS.