springboot-kafka-websocket

The goal of this project is to implement two Spring Boot applications: bitcoin-api and bitcoin-client. The bitcoin-api application simulates BTC price changes, while the bitcoin-client application listens to these changes and updates a real-time UI. The bitcoin-client UI is secured using Basic Authentication.

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Additional Readings

• [Medium]: Building a Web Chat with Social Login using Spring Boot: Introduction

• [Medium]: News Producer and Consumer Tutorial

Project Diagram

Applications

• bitcoin-api

  Spring Boot Web Java application service that simulates BTC price changes and pushes those changes to Kafka

• bitcoin-client

  Spring Boot Web Java application that was implemented using Thymeleaf as HTML template. It reads from Kafka and updates its UI using Websocket. It has also a chat where users can talk to each other by sending messages publicly or privately.

Prerequisites

• Java 21 or higher

• A containerization tool (e.g., Docker, Podman, etc.)

Start Environment

• Open a terminal and inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder run:

  docker compose up -d

• Wait for Docker containers to be up and running. To check it, run:

  docker ps -a

Running applications with Maven

Inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder, run the following Maven commands in different terminals:

• bitcoin-api

  ./mvnw clean spring-boot:run --projects bitcoin-api -Dspring-boot.run.jvmArguments="-Dserver.port=9081"

• bitcoin-client

  ./mvnw clean spring-boot:run --projects bitcoin-client -Dspring-boot.run.jvmArguments="-Dserver.port=9082"

Running Applications as Docker containers

Build Application’s Docker Image

• In a terminal, make sure you are inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder;

• In order to build the application docker images, run the following script:

  ./build-docker-images.sh

Application’s Environment Variables

• bitcoin-api

  Environment Variable	Description
  MYSQL_HOST	Specify host of the MySQL database to use (default localhost)
  MYSQL_PORT	Specify port of the MySQL database to use (default 3306)
  KAFKA_HOST	Specify host of the Kafka message broker to use (default localhost)
  KAFKA_PORT	Specify port of the Kafka message broker to use (default 29092)

• bitcoin-client

  Environment Variable	Description
  KAFKA_HOST	Specify host of the Kafka message broker to use (default localhost)
  KAFKA_PORT	Specify port of the Kafka message broker to use (default 29092)

Start Application’s Docker container

• In a terminal, make sure you are inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder;

• Run the following script:

  ./start-apps.sh

Applications URLs

Application	URL	Credentials (user/pass)
bitcoin-api	http://localhost:9081/swagger-ui.html
bitcoin-client	http://localhost:9082	user1/123 or user2/123

The gif below shows two users checking real-time the BTC price changes. Additionally, they are using a chat channel to communicate with each other.

Useful Links & Commands

• Kafdrop

  Kafdrop can be accessed at http://localhost:9000

• MySQL

  docker exec -it -e MYSQL_PWD=secret mysql mysql -uroot --database bitcoindb
  select * from prices;

Shutdown

• To stop applications

  • If they were started with Maven, go to the terminals where they are running and press Ctrl+C;

  • If they were started as Docker containers, go to a terminal and, inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder, run the script below:

    ./stop-apps.sh

• To stop and remove docker compose containers, network and volumes, go to a terminal and, inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder, run the following command:

  docker compose down -v

Cleanup

To remove the Docker images created by this project, go to a terminal and, inside the springboot-kafka-websocket root folder, run the script below:

./remove-docker-images.sh