🖼️ XMeme – Meme Sharing Backend

XMeme is a simple backend web application where users can post and view memes. Built using Spring Boot and MongoDB, this project focuses on API design, modular architecture, and clean backend implementation.

🔍 Overview

• Built from scratch using Spring Boot and MongoDB.
• Designed and implemented REST APIs to post and fetch memes.
• Includes a minimal HTML frontend for interaction with the backend.

🎯 Scope of Work

• Created a backend server using Spring Boot with REST API handlers.
• Implemented:
  • POST /memes – to post new memes
  • GET /memes – to retrieve the latest 100 memes
  • GET /memes/{id} – to fetch an individual meme by ID
  • DELETE /memes/{id} -to delete an individual meme by ID
• Used MongoDB to persist meme data.
• Designed APIs to return: name, caption, and url.
• Followed proper HTTP standards for status codes and error messages.
• Tested endpoints using Postman.
• Wrote modular code using MVCS architecture.

💻 Technologies Used

• Java 21
• Spring Boot
• MongoDB
• REST API
• HTML/CSS (frontend)
• Jackson
• Lombok
• Sprint Data

🚀 How to Run

Prerequisites

• Java 21+
• Maven or Gradle
• MongoDB running on localhost:27017

Setup

1. Rename application-template.properties to application.properties in src/main/resources/.
2. Update MongoDB URI if needed:

spring.data.mongodb.uri=mongodb://localhost:27017/memesDB
server.port=8080

Run the App

./mvnw spring-boot:run

Visit frontend at: http://localhost:8080

🧪 API Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/memes	Submit a new meme
GET	/memes	Get the latest 100 memes
GET	/memes/{id}	Get details of a meme by its ID
DELETE	/memes/{id}	Delete meme by its ID