Overview

The Greenlight Project is designed to showcase a practical application of backend development using Go. Inspired by the "Let's Go Further" book by Alex Edwards, this project focuses on creating a high-performance, reliable, and easy-to-maintain backend service for managing movie data.

Getting Started

To get started with the Greenlight Project, follow the instructions below.

Prerequisites

• Go (version 1.16 or higher)
• Git
• PostgreSQL

Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ovaixe/greenlight.git
cd greenlight

Set up environment variables

Create a .envrc file in the root directory and add the following variables:

export GREENLIGHT_DB_DSN=your_database_connection_string

Install dependencies

make vendor

Usage

To run the project locally:

Start the application

make run/api

API Endpoints

• GET /v1/movies: Retrieve a list of movies
  

• POST /v1/movies: Add a new movie
  

• GET /v1/movies/{id}: Retrieve a specific movie by ID
  

• PATCH /v1/movies/{id}: Update an existing movie
  

• DELETE /v1/movies/{id}: Delete an existing movie
  

• POST /v1/users: Register a new user
  

• PUT /v1/users/activated: Activate a registerd user
  

• POST /v1/tokens/authentication: Create a authentication token for user
  

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.