How to build a REST API in Spring: An easy step-by-step tutorial

Want to get started using REST in Spring? In this guide, we cover how to set up a basic REST server application and test it, so you can start building.

By Josh Cummings

May 2, 2024 • 6 Minute Read

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In this article, we’ll cover how to get started with REST in Spring. We’ll touch on some of the motivations for choosing REST, and how to get a prototype quickly up and going so you can learn and demonstrate the benefits it may hold for your use cases.

Josh C.

Like many software craftsmen, Josh eats, sleeps, and dreams in code. He codes for fun, and his kids code for fun! Right now, Josh works as a full-time committer on Spring Security and loves every minute. Application Security holds a special place in his heart, a place diametrically opposed to and cosmically distant from his unending hatred for checked exceptions.

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