QuizMaster BackEnd

QuizMaster Backend is a Java-based backend application for the QuizMaster web application. It is built using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, MySQL, and utilizes JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for authentication. This application allows users to search for different quiz categories, take quizzes, and retrieve their results.

Prerequisites

To run QuizMaster Backend locally, you need to have the following installed:

Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or higher
MySQL Server
Maven

Technologies

Java
Spring Boot
Spring JPA
Spring Security
JWT
MySQL

Installation

To install QuizMaster Backend and set it up locally, follow the steps below:

Clone the repository
Navigate to the project directory
Create a application.yml file and add the following variables

server:
  port: 8000
  
  servlet:
    context-path: /api
  
spring:
# Database Configuartion
  datasource:
    url: "url"
    username: "sql-username"
    password: "sql-password"
    driver-class-name: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
    
    # JPA Configuration
  jpa:
    hibernate:
      ddl-auto: update
    properties:
      hibernate:
        dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect 
      
#Role Id
role.admin.id: "unique id for admin role"
role.normal.id: "unique id for normal role"      

# JWT Secret Key
application:
  security:
    jwt:
     secret-key: "secret-key"
     expiration: "jwt-token-expiry-time"
     refresh-token:
      expiration: "refresh-token-expiry-time"

Security

QuizMaster Backend implements role-based authentication using JWT (JSON Web Tokens). Each request to protected endpoints should include an Authorization header with the value Bearer <JWT_TOKEN>.

Database