Springboot SDK Guide

To integrate your Springboot Java application with APItoolkit, you need to use this SDK to monitor incoming traffic, aggregate the requests, and then send them to APItoolkit's servers. Kindly follow this guide to get started and learn about all the supported features of APItoolkit's Springboot SDK.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have already completed the first three steps of the onboarding guide.

Installation

To install the SDK, kindly add the following dependency to your pom.xml file within the <dependencies> section, like so:

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.apitoolkit.springboot</groupId>
  <artifactId>apitoolkit-springboot</artifactId>
  <version>1.0.6</version>
</dependency>

Configuration

First, add your APItoolkit API key to the application.properties file, like so:

apitoolkit.apikey={ENTER_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE}

# Other configuation options
apitoolkit.debug=false
# ...

Then, initialize the SDK, like so:

package com.example.demo;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
// Import APItoolkit annotation
import io.apitoolkit.springboot.annotations.EnableAPIToolkit;
// END Import APItoolkit annotation
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;

@SpringBootApplication
// Add APIToolkit custom annotation
@EnableAPIToolkit
// END Add APIToolkit custom annotation
@RestController
public class DemoApplication {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
  }

  @GetMapping("/greet/{name}")
  public String getUser(@PathVariable String name) {
    return "Hello, " + name;
  }
}

Redacting Sensitive Data

If you have fields that are sensitive and should not be sent to APItoolkit servers, you can mark those fields to be redacted (the fields will never leave your servers).

To mark a field for redacting via this SDK, you need to provide additional configuration options to the application.properties file with paths to the fields that should be redacted. There are three arguments you can provide to configure what gets redacted, namely:

1. redactHeaders: A list of HTTP header keys.
2. redactRequestBody: A list of JSONPaths from the request body.
3. redactResponseBody: A list of JSONPaths from the response body.

{
  "user": {
    "name": "John Martha",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "addresses": [
      {
        "street": "123 Main St",
        "city": "Anytown",
        "state": "CA",
        "zip": "12345"
      },
      {
        "street": "123 Main St",
        "city": "Anytown",
        "state": "CA",
        "zip": "12345"
      }
    ],
    "credit_card": {
      "number": "4111111111111111",
      "expiration": "12/28",
      "cvv": "123"
    }
  }
}

Examples of valid JSONPath expressions would be:

Here's an example of what the configuration would look like with redacted fields:

apitoolkit.redactHeaders=content-type,Authorization,HOST
apitoolkit.redactRequestBody=$.user.email,$.user.addresses
apitoolkit.redactResponseBody=$.users[*].email,$.users[*].credit_card

Error Reporting

With APItoolkit, you can track and report different unhandled or uncaught errors, API issues, and anomalies at different parts of your application. This will help you associate more detail and context from your backend with any failing customer request.

To manually report specific errors at different parts of your application, use the reportError() method, passing in the request and exception parameters, like so:

package com.example.demo;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import io.apitoolkit.springboot.APErrors;
import io.apitoolkit.springboot.annotations.EnableAPIToolkit;

@EnableAPIToolkit
@SpringBootApplication
public class DemoApplication {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
  }

  @GetMapping("/hello")
  public String hello(@RequestParam(value = "name", defaultValue = "World") String name, HttpServletRequest request) {
    try {
      System.out.print(1 / 0); // This will throw an ArithmeticException
    } catch (Exception e) {
      // Report the error to APItoolkit
      APErrors.reportError(request, e);
    }
    return String.format("Hello %s!", name);
  }
}

Monitoring Outgoing Requests

Outgoing requests are external API calls you make from your API. By default, APItoolkit monitors all requests users make from your application and they will all appear in the API Log Explorer page. However, you can separate outgoing requests from others and explore them in the Outgoing Integrations page, alongside the incoming request that triggered them.

The Springboot SDK provides the ObserveRequest class for monitoring outgoing requests using the Apache HTTP client. First, you will create an instance of the class, then use the instance to create a new HTTP client, passing in the current request context and an optional url_path string (for URLs with path parameters), like so:

package com.example.demo;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import io.apitoolkit.springboot.annotations.EnableAPIToolkit;
import io.apitoolkit.springboot.integrations.ObserveRequest;
import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableAPIToolkit
@RestController
public class DemoApplication {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    SpringApplication.run(DemoApplication.class, args);
  }

  // Create an instance of the ObserveRequest class
  private ObserveRequest observingClient = new ObserveRequest(
    // Optional parameters to redact headers and request/response body
    List.of("content-type", "Authorization", "HOST"),
    List.of("$.user.email", "$.user.addresses"),
    List.of("$.users[*].email", "$.users[*].credit_card")
  );

  @GetMapping("/hello")
  public String hello(HttpServletRequest request) {
    // Use the observingClient instance to create an HTTP Client
    CloseableHttpClient httpClient = observingClient.createHttpClient(request, "/posts/{post_id}");
    try {
      HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1");
      CloseableHttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpGet);
      String responseStr = EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity());
      return responseStr;
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
      return "Error occurred while processing the request...";
    }
  }
}