How to Create a REST API With Kotlin and Helidon SE?

Hello everyone, Today, we will show you how to create a simple REST API with Helidon SE and Kotlin.

Quick Overview:

  • Helidon SE is designed to be a microframework that fortifies the reactive programming model. Helidon SE features three core APIs to engender a microservice -- a web server, configuration, and security -- for building microservices-predicated applications. 
  • Helidon's web server is an asynchronous and reactive API that runs on top of Netty. The WebServer interface includes support for configuration, routing, error handling, and building metrics and health endpoints.
  • The Config loads and processes configuration properties(application.properties or application.yaml) in key/value format. 
  • The Security class provides support for authentication, sanction, and audit.
Let's begin,

Final Project Directory:


Maven [pom.xml]:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

<parent>
<groupId>io.helidon.applications</groupId>
<artifactId>helidon-se</artifactId>
<version>2.5.0</version>
</parent>

<groupId>com.knf.dev.demo</groupId>
<artifactId>helidon-se-rest-hello-world</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>helidon-se-rest-hello-world</name>
<description>Demo project for Helidon SE</description>

<properties>
<version.java>17</version.java>
<mainClass>com.knf.dev.demo.helidonseresthelloworld
.HelidonSeRestHelloWorldApplication</mainClass>
<kotlin.version>1.7.0-Beta</kotlin.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.helidon.webserver</groupId>
<artifactId>helidon-webserver</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.helidon.media</groupId>
<artifactId>helidon-media-jsonp</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>test-compile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile</id>
<phase>compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>testCompile</id>
<phase>test-compile</phase>
<goals>
<goal>testCompile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>

<configuration>
<source>${version.java}</source>
<target>${version.java}</target>
<release>${version.java}</release>
<forceJavacCompilerUse>true
</forceJavacCompilerUse>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

HelloService.kt

package com.knf.dev.demo.helidonseresthelloworld

import io.helidon.config.Config
import io.helidon.webserver.*
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
import javax.json.Json

class HelloService internal
constructor(config: Config) : Service {
private val greeting = AtomicReference<String>()

init {
greeting.set(config["app.message"].asString().
orElse("Empty"))
}

override fun update(rules: Routing.Rules) {
rules["/", Handler { request: ServerRequest,
response: ServerResponse ->
getDefaultMessageHandler(
request,
response
)
}]
}

private fun getDefaultMessageHandler
(request: ServerRequest, response: ServerResponse) {
sendResponse(response, "Knowledgefactory")
}

private fun sendResponse(response: ServerResponse,
name: String) {
val message = String.
format("%s %s!", greeting.get(), name)
val returnObject = JSON.createObjectBuilder().
add("message", message).build()
response.send(returnObject)
}

companion object {
private val JSON = Json
.createBuilderFactory(emptyMap<String, Any>())
}
}

application.properties:

server.port=9080
app.message=Greetings from

HelidonSeRestHelloWorldApplication.kt 

package com.knf.dev.demo.helidonseresthelloworld

import io.helidon.common.reactive.Single
import io.helidon.config.Config
import io.helidon.media.jsonp.JsonpSupport
import io.helidon.webserver.Routing
import io.helidon.webserver.WebServer
import java.util.logging.Logger

object HelidonSeRestHelloWorldApplication {
private val LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(
HelidonSeRestHelloWorldApplication::class.java.name
)

@JvmStatic
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
startServer()
}

private fun startServer(): Single<WebServer> {

// Load the default configuration using the
// create() method.
val config = Config.create()

/*
* Helidon's web server is an asynchronous and
* reactive API that runs on top of
* Netty. The WebServer interface includes support
* for configuration, routing,
* error handling, and building metrics and
* health endpoints.
*/
val server = WebServer.
builder(createRouting(config)).
config(config["server"])
.addMediaSupport(JsonpSupport.create()).build()

// Start web server
val webserver = server.start()
webserver.thenAccept { ws: WebServer ->
LOGGER.info("Web server started! http://localhost:"
+ ws.port() + "/hello")
ws.whenShutdown().thenRun {
LOGGER.info("Web server is down!") }
}.exceptionallyAccept { t: Throwable -> LOGGER.
severe("Web startup failed: " + t.message) }
return webserver
}

private fun createRouting(config: Config): Routing {
val helloService = HelloService(config)
return Routing.builder()
.register("/hello", helloService).build()
}
}

Local Setup and Run the application

Step1: Download or clone the source code to a local machine. - Click here


Step2: mvn clean install


Step3: Run the Main application


INFO: Web server started! http://localhost:9080/hello

Download the source code

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