This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Balogun Dayo
Ever taken on a project that seems simple at first but ends up teaching you a ton about real-world API work? That was my experience with this task — building a /me endpoint that returns profile information along with a random cat fact.
The goal was to create a RESTful API that:
Responds to GET/me
Returns my name, email, and stack
Fetches a random cat fact dynamically from the Cat Facts API
Includes the current UTC timestamp in ISO 8601 format
And finally, deploy it to Railway
https://github.com/van2jazz/hng_endpoint
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Balogun Dayo
Balogun Dayo | Sciencx (2025-10-20T05:28:43+00:00) 🐱 Building a Dynamic API with Spring Boot and Cat Facts #SpringBoot` `#Java` `#API` `#CatFacts` `#BackendDevelopment`. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/10/20/%f0%9f%90%b1-building-a-dynamic-api-with-spring-boot-and-cat-facts-springboot-java-api-catfacts-backenddevelopment/
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