RESTful Web Services, Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC and JPA

Implement API calls: Sign-up, sign-in, email verification, password reset, update, delete. Deploy to Amazon AWS Cloud.

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Created bySergey Kargopolov

Last updated 12/2025

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What you'll learn

Build a RESTful Web Service with Spring Boot
Learn how to implement User Sign-in functionality
Learn how to implement User Sign-up functionality
Protect RESTful Web Service with Spring Security Framework
Learn how to implement Token-Based Authentication
Implement Password Reset and Email Verification features
Use Spring Data JPA Query Methods
Use Spring Data JPA Native SQL Queries
Download and Install MySQL Server on Mac
Download and Install MySQL Workbench
Download and Install Spring Tool Suite
Create new project using Spring Tool Suite and Spring Initializer
Download, run and stop Apache Tomcat
Deploy RESTful Web Service application to Apache Tomcat
Run RESTful Web Service application as a stand along Java application
Build and run REST API with Maven
Use Postman HTTP client to send HTTP Request to a Web Service endpoints
Start up Amazon EC2 server
Install Java, MySQL and Apache Tomcat on Amazon AWS EC2 server
Deploy RESTful Web Service to Amazon AWS EC2 server
Deploy with AWS Beanstalk
Use H2 in-memory database
Use H2 database console to preview data in memory database as well as in a stand along MySQL database server
Use JUnit 5 to test code
Use Rest Assured to test RESTful Web Service endpoint

Course content

36 sections • 300 lectures • 25h 5m total length

Source Code0:19
Install HTTP client Postman2:09
Postman overview10:41
Master a basic Postman overview for RESTful API design, using history and collections to organize requests, inspect responses, and leverage code snippets and the console.
Resource and Collection URIs11:12
HTTP Methods: GET, POST, DELETE and PUT3:44
Custom actions in REST URI0:24
HTTP Headers: Accept and Content Type4:12
Use http content-type and accept headers to send json in the request body and request a specific response format, such as json or xml, during user profile creation.
Introduction to Web Service Application Layers4:29
A few suggestions3:23
REST API Design Principles - Quiz

Downloading and Installing MySQL on MAC3:16
Learn to download the MySQL community server for Mac, run the installer, and set a secure admin password to log in and start the MySQL server.
Start MySQL Server and Login6:14
Start and manage a MySQL 8.0.11 server on macOS using the terminal, with commands to start, stop, restart, log in as root, and troubleshoot common issues.
Creating MySQL Database and a new User6:25
Downloading and Installing MySQL Workbench3:02
Connect to MySQL Database using MySQL WorkBench5:26
MySQL WorkBench brief overview4:15

Create new Spring Boot Project with Spring Tool Suite6:12
Create a new Spring Boot project in Spring Tool Suite, selecting workspace, configuring group and artifact, and adding the web dependency via Maven. Understand the pom.xml and project structure.
Creating a new Spring project using Spring Boot Initializr4:42
Create a new Spring Boot project quickly with Spring Initializr, selecting Maven, Java, and the Web dependency to enable RESTful web services, then import into your preferred IDE.

Adding method to handle HTTP Post Request2:20
Implementing the Create User Request Model class3:21
Create a user details request model with fields first name, last name, email, and password, exposing getters and setters to map incoming JSON to a Java object.
Implementing Create User Response Model6:05
Implementing the UserDto4:38
Create a shared user DTO for UI, database, and service layers; implement serializable with serialVersionUID and include fields like id, userId, firstName, lastName, email, password, and email verification status.
Making use of UserRest and UserDto in RestController3:19
Implementing Service class method3:57
Implementing UserEntity class6:13
Set Default Value for Email Verification Status field1:07
Implementing UsersRepository class5:32
Autowire UserRepository into Service class5:00
Trying how the User Sign up works6:12
Preventing Duplicate Entries with @Column(unique=true)3:46
Check if user already exists6:19
Check for existing users by email, using a find by email method; if found, throw a runtime exception 'record already exists' and let Spring Boot format JSON or XML.
Generate User Public ID6:29

Implementing User Sign-in Request Model1:56
[Updated] Implementing loadUserByUsername()5:44
[Updated] Implementing SecurityConstants class4:34
[Updated]Adding Maven Dependencies to generate and validate JWT2:34
[Updated] AuthenticationFilter Part 1. Implementing attemptAuthentication().5:54
[Updated] AuthenticationFilter Part 2. Implementing successfulAuthenticatio().3:48
Implement the successfulAuthentication method to generate a JWT access token using the authenticated user's username, sign it with a secret key, and return it in the HTTP response header.
[Updated] AuthenticationFilter Part 3. Register with HttpSecurity.1:39
Trying how user Authentication/Login works6:58
[Updated] Add UserId to HTTP Response Header11:51
[Updated]Customize Login URL Path2:33
[Updated] Implementing Authorization Filter.10:32
Implement a custom authorization filter that reads the json web token from the authorization header, validates it, and populates the security context for protected endpoints in a stateless setup.
Trying how User Authorization works4:17
Run a spring boot app and test user authorization with a JWT token, showing that post /users is public while protected endpoints require a valid authorization header.
[Updated] Reading Token Secret from a properties file5:57

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Java
Mac computer

Description

This is a very practical video course aimed at beginner Java developers to help them build their very first RESTful Web Service application with Java, Spring Boot and Spring Data JPA to implement features like:

User sign-up and User sign-in,
Email verification,
Password Reset,
Get user details API call,
Get a list of users API call and implement Pagination,
Update user details and Delete user details API calls,
Learn to secure Web Service endpoints with Spring Security,
Learn to use Amazon AWS Simple Email Service(SES) to send and request to confirm the user email address,
and learn to generate and include the JSON Web Token in HTTP Request.

Students will learn how to use Postman HTTP client software to send: HTTP POST, GET, DELETE and PUT requests, as well as how to set needed HTTP Headers. We will also cover how to:

Send data to your RESTful WebService via HTTP Body and,
How to pass data via URL Query String and as a Path parameter,
How to enable your RESTful Web Service to respond to Cross-Origin AJAX HTTP Requests.

You will also learn how to make your RESTful Web Service accept and respond back with JSON or XML media type.

In this video course you will learn how to:

Download and install Spring Tool Suite(STS),
Download and install MySQL server and MySQL Workbench GUI,
Download and run Apache Tomcat,
Add a specific Apache Tomcat Version to your Spring Tool Suite,
User Maven to build and run your project as well as package it into a deployable WAR file,
You will also learn how to run your Web Service as a stand-alone Java application with build-in Tomcat,
Deploy your RESTful Web Service to Apache Tomcat as well as,
Startup your own Amazon AWS EC2 Service in Amazon Cloud, install Java, MySQL, Tomcat, and deploy RESTful Web Service to your very own cloud server.
You will also learn how to deploy your application to AWS Beanstalk

This video course also covers the H2 in-memory database and teaches how to build a RESTful Web Service that stores data in a database without a need to install MySQL or any other database server. You will also learn how to use the H2 console to preview data stored in an in-memory database tables or in a MySQL database server.

When it comes to storing data in a database you will learn how to use Spring Data JPA Query Methods as well as Native SQL Queries.

You will also learn how to use JUnit 5 to test your code and how to use one of the most popular test frameworks called Rest Assured to test RESTful Web Service endpoints of your REST API.

Who this course is for:

Beginner Java developers
Java developers interested in learning how to Build, Deploy RESTful Web Services
Java developers interested in learning how to Test Rest API with Rest Assured framework

RESTful Web Services, Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC and JPA

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Introduction9 lectures • 41min

Download, Install and run MySQL Database on Local Computer6 lectures • 29min

Setup Development Environment2 lectures • 8min

Getting Started. Creating a New Project.2 lectures • 11min

Quick Start3 lectures • 11min

Adding MySQL Database Support2 lectures • 11min

Implementing User Sign up14 lectures • 1hr 4min

Spring Security for User Sign-up4 lectures • 31min

Spring Security for User Sign-in. Authentication & Authorization.13 lectures • 1hr 8min

Implementing Get User Details Web Service Endpoint4 lectures • 18min

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