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Kaho Kang
12,383 PointsWhy my API is not saving my post after I re-started the server?
The only JSON objects that remains are the dummy data that I wrote in the DataLoader class under the override run method. When I use Postman to post some new data, it shows........But when I re-started the server, they all gone. I thought JPA will automatically save that for me.... But seems I have to write the save method myself? In order to save my post to h2 database?
If so, what's the solution? Craig Dennis
1 Answer
Alexander Nikiforov
Java Web Development Techdegree Graduate 22,175 PointsI think this is because by default you have testing in-memory database that is get erased when you finish the app.
If you want to set up a database with Spring-Data-Rest, add the following in the application.properties file
# embedded database for example, instead of testing
# can be server database if you want, see giflib-hibernate from Chris
spring.datasource.url = jdbc:h2:./data/home
spring.datasource.password = sa
spring.datasource.username = sa
spring.datasource.driver-class-name= org.h2.Driver
# change create-drop to update for example, and then DataLoader will update things all the time
spring.datasource.schema = create-drop
See my application.properties for project-10 Spring-Data-Rest project for working example.
For more about default Spring application properties see here
Kaho Kang
12,383 PointsKaho Kang
12,383 PointsThank you