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NASA APOD API App

This project demonstrates how to integrate a React frontend with a Spring Boot backend to create a NASA APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) API-based application.

Project Structure

├── Assignment2FrontEnd
│   ├── public
│   └── src
└── WebEngineeringSpringAPI
    ├── build
    ├── gradle
    └── src

• Assignment2FrontEnd: Contains the React frontend code.
• WebEngineeringSpringAPI: Contains the Spring Boot backend code.

NASA APOD API App

This project demonstrates how to integrate a React frontend with a Spring Boot backend to create a NASA APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) API-based application.

Frontend Setup

1. Navigate to the Assignment2FrontEnd directory.
2. Install dependencies using npm install.
3. Place the images (e.g., Screenshot (162).png, Screenshot (163).png) in the appropriate directory within the React project.
4. Run npm run build to compile the React code using webpack.

Backend Setup

1. Navigate to the WebEngineeringSpringAPI directory.
2. Develop your Spring Boot application to serve the compiled React frontend using Thymeleaf.

Integrating Frontend with Backend

1. Move the compiled React frontend from Assignment2FrontEnd/build to WebEngineeringSpringAPI/src/main/resources/static/built.
2. In your Spring Boot controller, serve the index.html file located in WebEngineeringSpringAPI/src/main/resources/templates for all requests except API requests.
3. Ensure CORS is properly configured in your Spring Boot application to allow requests from the React frontend.

Run the Application

1. Start your Spring Boot application.
2. Access the application in your browser.

Building React Frontend (Assignment2FrontEnd):

1. Navigate to the Assignment2FrontEnd directory:

   cd Assignment2FrontEnd

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Build the React project:

   npm run build

Building Spring Boot Backend (WebEngineeringSpringAPI):

1. Navigate to the WebEngineeringSpringAPI directory:

   cd WebEngineeringSpringAPI

2. Build the Spring Boot project:

   ./gradlew build

   or

   gradle build && gradle bootrun