README.md

📌 Task Manager API

A simple Task Management REST API built with Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA (Hibernate), and PostgreSQL.
This project demonstrates industry-standard layering: Controller → Service → Repository → Database.

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✅ Features

• Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) tasks
• RESTful APIs with proper HTTP status codes
• Database persistence using PostgreSQL & Hibernate
• Layered architecture (Controller, Service, Repository)
• Error handling with ResponseEntity

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API Endpoints

Get all tasks

• GET /tasks
  • Returns 200 OK with list of tasks
  • Returns 204 No Content if no tasks exist

Get task by ID

• GET /tasks/{id}
  • Returns 200 OK with task
  • Returns 404 Not Found if task missing

Create a task

• POST /tasks
  • Request body:

    {
      "title": "Learn Spring Boot",
      "description": "Build a REST API project"
    }

  • Returns 201 Created with saved task (including generated ID)

Update a task

• PUT /tasks/{id}
  • Request body:

    {
      "title": "Updated title",
      "description": "Updated description"
    }

  • Returns 200 OK with updated task
  • Returns 404 Not Found if task does not exist

Delete a task

• DELETE /tasks/{id}
  • Returns 200 OK if deleted
  • Returns 404 Not Found if task does not exist