📓 Journal App Backend

A secure and scalable Journal Management Backend built with Java Spring Boot, providing APIs for both users and admins to manage journal entries and journeys.
It features JWT-based authentication, role-based access control, and Apache Kafka for event-driven messaging.

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🚀 Features

User Features

• ✍ Create Journal Entries – Add personal notes or thoughts.
• 📂 View Journal Entries – Retrieve all entries created by the logged-in user.
• 🛠 Update Entries – Edit existing entries.
• 🗑 Delete Entries – Remove entries as needed.
• 📜 Create & View Journeys – Group related entries into journeys.

Admin Features

• 👥 Manage Users – View and manage user accounts.
• 📊 Monitor Activities – Access logs and events from Kafka topics.
• 🗂 View All Entries – Retrieve entries across all users.

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Java 17
• Spring Boot 3
  • Spring Web (REST APIs)
  • Spring Data JPA
  • Spring Security (JWT Authentication)
• Apache Kafka (event-driven architecture)
• MongoDB (data storage)
• Maven (build tool)

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📦 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java 17+
• Maven
• MongoDB
• Apache Kafka & Zookeeper

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/AnshulBytes112/JournalAppJava.git
   cd JournalAppJava