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REST tutorial : security

Greetings! So far we have created a nice looking REST API with Java tech stack. But it is missing a crucial piece. Security!!! Complete source code,  todoapp $ git clone https://github.com/slmanju/todoapp.git $ cd todoapp $ git checkout security Spring Security Spring Security is a powerful and highly customizable authentication and access-control framework. It is the de-facto standard for securing Spring-based applications. spring-security Lets add spring security starter to our project. compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security') $ gradle clean bootrun $ curl -i http://localhost:8080/todos You will get a message like this, {"timestamp":1515304279482,"status":401,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Full authentication is required to access this resource","path":"/todos"} With just adding the library Spring has secured our application! Have a look at the con...