Clojure based REST API service template project

REST API based template project written in Clojure using Compojure and Components library. This service exposes two endpoints, /ping and /hello. This template project can be extended by adding more routes and adding components for required dependencies.

Refer to this project as it uses Elasticsearch Component along with components used in this template project. It exposes CRUD APIs using Elasticsearch.

Prerequisites

You will need Java, Leiningen to run this project.

Running the API Service

Using Lein

To start a API server, run below command:

lein run

This will start the server on Port 9099. Run below curl command to verify

curl http://localhost:9099/ping

Using Java

Build the Jar using below command

lein uberjar

and then run the following command to start the API server

java -jar java -jar target/api-service-template-0.1.0-standalone.jar

Use the curl command mentioned above to verify.

Run tests

lein test :all
....
Ran 3 tests containing 5 assertions.
0 failures, 0 errors.