https://portfolio.obli.dk/tags/http/Recent content in Http on Tobys PortfolioHugoen-usSun, 01 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://portfolio.obli.dk/posts/week5-rest-api/Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://portfolio.obli.dk/posts/week5-rest-api/<h1 id="rest-api-introduction---from-database-to-endpoints">REST API Introduction - From Database to Endpoints</h1> <p>This week was where the project started to feel like an actual application instead of “just” a backend connected to a database.</p> <p>Up until this point, I had mostly been working with:</p> <ul> <li>entities</li> <li>DAOs</li> <li>JPA</li> <li>database relations</li> </ul> <p>But this week, I had to expose that functionality through a <strong>REST API</strong> using <strong>Javalin</strong>.</p> <p>That meant turning internal Java logic into something that could be accessed through HTTP requests and JSON responses.</p>https://portfolio.obli.dk/posts/week4-data-integration/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://portfolio.obli.dk/posts/week4-data-integration/<h1 id="data-integration---working-with-external-apis">Data Integration - Working with External APIs</h1> <p>This week was my first real introduction to integrating external data into a backend system, and honestly, it was a bit of a mindset shift.</p> <p>Up until this point, everything I had built was self-contained:</p> <ul> <li>my own database</li> <li>my own entities</li> <li>my own logic</li> </ul> <p>But now, suddenly, my application had to <strong>rely on someone else&rsquo;s system</strong>.</p> <h2 id="from-isolated-systems-to-connected-systems">From isolated systems to connected systems</h2> <p>The biggest realization for me this week was:</p>