POS API

The REST API for the Point of Sale System

Getting Started

Fork the repository to your playground. This is important.
Clone the project git clone https://github.com/Direct-Entry-Program-7/pos-api.git
Open the project with IntelliJ IDEA (Make sure to open via pom.xml)
Open the Database Tool Window and setup a new MySQL datasource
Open the db-script.sql file and execute the whole script via the database console
Open the src/main/webapp/META-INF/context.xml and change the username and password
Double press the Ctrl key or open the integrated terminal and then execute mvn clean package
Press F9 and select Edit Configurations
- Click on Add new run configuration and set up a Local Tomcat Server
- On the Server tab, under the Open Browser uncheck the After Launch check box
- On the Deployment tab, add the artifact and set the context path to pos
Run the Tomcat Server and wait until the deployment is successful (Check the log)
Open an HTTP GET request and try http://localhost:8080/pos/customers and it should display a JSON array, if not please troubleshoot the error before proceeding