JWT security
Spring Security and JWT tokens support login and access control.
Case study · Backend
KrakenHub API: a forum backend
A REST API built with Java and Spring Boot to manage topics, replies, users and authentication.
Java 17
Spring Boot
Spring Security
JWT
Flyway
MySQL
OpenAPI
Problem and scope
The project provides a backend foundation for a forum with discussion topics and replies. Its public repository also documents user registration, profiles, validation and authenticated access.
Technical decisions
Persistence and migrations
MySQL and Flyway manage data and schema changes.
API documentation
Swagger/OpenAPI documents and exposes operations for exploration.
Validation
The repository describes data integrity and business validation rules.
How to review it
The repository README lists requirements, configuration and the Swagger route. The public tree includes security classes and an application context test. Test execution and coverage were not measured for this review.
This case describes the public repository; it does not claim a production deployment or metrics.