Anime Tracker API

A RESTful backend application for managing anime, users, and personal anime watchlists.

The project was built with Java and Spring Boot and includes JWT-based authentication, PostgreSQL persistence, JPA/Hibernate, Docker containerization, and Swagger/OpenAPI documentation.

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Features

User Management

• Register new users
• Secure password hashing using BCrypt
• User authentication
• JWT-based authentication
• Retrieve the authenticated user's anime list

Anime Management

• Create anime
• Retrieve all anime
• Retrieve anime by ID
• Update anime
• Delete anime
• Sort anime using supported sort fields

Personal Watchlist

Authenticated users can:

• Add anime to their watchlist
• View their watchlist
• Update anime status
• Add/update personal ratings
• Remove anime from their watchlist

Supported anime statuses include:

• WATCHING
• COMPLETED
• DROPPED
• PLAN_TO_WATCH

API Documentation

The API is documented using Swagger/OpenAPI.

Swagger UI is available at:

http://localhost:8082/swagger-ui/index.html

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Tech Stack

Technology	Purpose
Java 21	Programming language
Spring Boot	Backend framework
Spring Web	REST API development
Spring Security	Authentication and authorization
JWT	Stateless authentication
BCrypt	Password hashing
Spring Data JPA	Database persistence
Hibernate	ORM
PostgreSQL	Relational database
Maven	Dependency management and build
Docker	Containerization
Docker Compose	Multi-container development
Swagger / OpenAPI	API documentation
Git / GitHub	Version control

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Architecture

The application follows a layered architecture:

Client
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Controller
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Service
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Repository
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PostgreSQL