SpringBoot PostgreSQL Configuration and Create User API

Опубликовано: 26 Май 2026
на канале: PJL Software
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🚀 Ready to take your Spring Boot skills to the next level? Join me in this hands-on tutorial, "Spring Boot Database Integration with a PostgreSQL Docker Image," as we guide you through the seamless process of connecting your Spring Boot application to a PostgreSQL database using Docker and few lines of code.

🐘 Dive into the world of JPA and Hibernate as we use it to create a users table in PostgreSQL and build an API that effortlessly creates and saves new users, giving your application a solid foundation for data-driven functionality.

🛠️ Key Learnings: Create
A Spring Boot DataSource Bean
A JPA User Entity and users table in Postgres
A JPA UserRepository
A Spring POST API to generate and save new users

👨‍💻 Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting your journey, this tutorial is crafted for you. Follow along, gain practical insights, and witness the magic of database integration in Spring Boot.

💡 Ready to elevate your coding game? Hit play, code along, and transform your Spring Boot application into a data-handling powerhouse! 🔍🖥️ #SpringBoot #PostgreSQL #DatabaseIntegration #JPA #CodingTutorial #Docker

🔗 Access the complete source code on GitHub: https://github.com/pjl-software/full-...

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Steps to run the web app locally:

1. Clone the repo: $ git clone https://github.com/pjl-software/full-... and change directories into full-stack-auth-repo with $ cd full-stack-auth-repo

2. Checkout the branch with $ git checkout 08-db-integration-b

3. Start the entire application on docker using the bin bash script $ ./bin/docker-startup-scripts/run-app-with-docker

4. Create users with: curl -X POST https://localhost:8443/api/v1/users/create

5. View the running database with: $ ./bin/docker-shortcut-scripts/login -t "db" -c "psql app_db"

6. $ select * from users
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Chapters
0:00 - Video coding objectives
1:10 - POST-ing new users to PostgreSQL demo
2:27 - Configure Spring Boot to connect to Postgres
6:35 - Creating a users table with JPA and Hibernate
11:45 - Create a POST API to generate and save new users