A backend clone of Quora built with Spring Boot, supporting user authentication (local & Google OAuth2), JWT-based authorization, and core features like question posting, answering, and user profiles.
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🔐 User Authentication
- Sign up / Sign in with username & password
- Google OAuth2 Login
- JWT Access & Refresh Tokens
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📄 Question & Answer System
- Post questions
- Submit answers
- View user-specific content
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👤 User Management
- User profile
- View by username or email
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🔒 Secure API
- Role-based protected routes
- JWT token validation
- Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security
- Authentication: JWT, OAuth2 (Google)
- Database: MySQL or H2 (as per config)
- Build Tool: Maven
- Other: Lombok, Postman (for testing)
- Java 17+
- Maven
- MySQL (or H2 for local testing)
git clone https://github.com/Adarshraj8/Quora_Backend.git
cd Quora_Backend
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/quora_db
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=your_password
Run the App
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mvn spring-boot:run
🔑 API Endpoints
Auth Routes
Method Endpoint Description
POST /api/auth/signup Register new user
POST /api/auth/signin Login with username/password
POST /api/auth/google Google login with ID token
POST /api/auth/refresh Refresh access token
Testing
Use Postman to test login, token, and protected APIs.
Validate JWT access by hitting secured endpoints with the Authorization header.
🙌 Contributions
Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, open an issue first to discuss what you’d like to change.
✨ Author
Adarsh Raj – GitHub