📚 LibroCatalogue – Backend

This is the backend service for LibroCatalogue, a full-stack application to manage and catalog books.

Tech Stack

• Java 21
• Spring Boot (Web, Security, JPA, Validation)
• MySQL
• JWT Authentication
• Cloudinary (for cover upload)

Project Structure

• controller/ → REST endpoints
• service/ → Business logic
• repository/ → Database access
• model/ → Entities (Book, Collection, Tag, User, …)

Setup

Edit src/main/resources/application.properties:

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/librocatalogue
spring.datasource.username=YOUR_USER
spring.datasource.password=YOUR_PASSWORD

cloudinary.cloud_name=...
cloudinary.api_key=...
cloudinary.api_secret=...

#to register a new user when running the application, set a registration code
app.registration.secret=...

Prerequisites

• Java 21+
• Maven
• MySQL

Database

CREATE DATABASE libro_catalogue;