In this tutorial, we are going to be adding a REST Endpoint to our Spring application.<\/p>\n
Now, what is a REST Endpoint?<\/strong><\/p>\n A REST endpoint makes it possible for a web application to respond to HTTP REST requests. Therefore, if a user goes to the browser and enters a url, we want to tell spring to run a specific method and send the return value to the user.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are six simple steps to follows. They are listed and explained below.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Step 1: Add the\u00a0starter-web dependency<\/strong><\/p>\n This dependency allows your application to function as a web application. If you add this dependency, then when you run your application, a tomcat server will be started and your application is automatically deployed.<\/p>\n To add this starter web dependency, copy and paste this code below in your pom.xml file<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Step 2: Add the spring webmvc dependency<\/strong><\/p>\n This dependency is used to make your application follow the mvc design pattern. To add the spring webmvc dependency, copy and paste the code below into your pom.xml.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nThese are the Steps to Follow<\/h4>\n
<dependency><\/span>\r\n <groupId><\/span>org.springframework.boot<\/groupId><\/span> \r\n <artifactId><\/span>spring-boot-starter-web<\/artifactId><\/span>\r\n <version><\/span>2.1.2.RELEASE<\/version><\/span>\r\n<\/dependency><\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n<dependency><\/span>\r\n <groupId><\/span>org.springframework<\/groupId><\/span>\r\n <artifactId><\/span>spring-webmvc<\/artifactId><\/span>\r\n <version><\/span>5.1.3.RELEASE<\/version><\/span>\r\n<\/dependency><\/span>\r\n<\/pre>\n