🧠 Java Quiz Microservice System

A scalable microservice-based quiz application built using Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Netflix Eureka. It allows creating, managing, and evaluating quizzes based on categorized questions.

📚 Table of Contents

• Tech Stack
• Microservices
• Architecture
• Setup Instructions
• API Endpoints
• Future Enhancements
• Author
• License

🔧 Tech Stack

• Java 17+
• Spring Boot
• Spring Cloud Gateway
• Netflix Eureka
• Maven
• REST APIs

🧩 Microservices

🧭 API Gateway

• Handles routing to backend services

🧾 Service Registry (Eureka)

• Discovers and manages service instances dynamically

❓ Question Service

• Manages quiz questions (CRUD + category filtering)

📝 Quiz Service

• Creates quizzes and evaluates submissions

🏗️ Architecture

Client → API Gateway → Quiz Service
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                 Question Service
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                Eureka Service Registry

🚀 Setup Instructions

Prerequisites

• Java 17+
• Maven
• Git

Steps

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/mistrypavankumar/java-quiz-micro-service.git
cd java-quiz-micro-service

2. Start Services (in order):

# Terminal 1
cd service-registry && mvn spring-boot:run

# Terminal 2
cd api-gateway && mvn spring-boot:run

# Terminal 3
cd question-service && mvn spring-boot:run

# Terminal 4
cd quiz-service && mvn spring-boot:run

API Gateway Default Port: 8765
Eureka Dashboard: http://localhost:8761

🌐 API Endpoints

Question Service

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/question/all	Get all questions
GET	/question/category/{category}	Get questions by category
POST	/question/add	Add new question
GET	/question/generate	Generate questions for quiz
POST	/question/getQuestions	Get questions by ID
POST	/question/getScore	Submit quiz answers and get score

Quiz Service

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/quiz	Create quiz
GET	/quiz/{id}	Get quiz by ID
POST	/quiz/{id}/submit	Submit quiz answers

🔮 Future Enhancements

• Add user authentication and role-based access (JWT)
• Add Docker and Docker Compose support
• React.js-based frontend UI
• Score history per user

👨‍💻 Author

Pavan Kumar Mistry
📍 Glassboro, NJ
📧 mistrypavankumar2304@gmail.com
🔗 LinkedIn | GitHub | Portfolio

📄 License

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