🧠 TaskMaster Backend

This is the backend service for TaskMaster, a task and subtask management application built with Kotlin, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL (via Docker). It provides REST APIs for managing tasks and their subtasks.

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Docker
• JDK 17+
• Gradle or use the included wrapper (./gradlew)

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/taskmaster-backend.git
cd taskmaster-backend

### 2. Setup Database with Docker

```bash
docker compose up -d

PostgreSQL will run on localhost:5432 with the following credentials:

User: postgres

Password: postgres

Database: postgres

### 3. Start the app
./gradlew bootRun




🔌 API Endpoints
Base URL: http://localhost:8080/api

Task Endpoints
| Method | Endpoint          | Description             |
| ------ | ----------------- | ----------------------- |
| GET    | `/api/tasks`      | Get all tasks           |
| GET    | `/api/tasks/{id}` | Get task by ID          |
| POST   | `/api/tasks`      | Create a new task       |
| PUT    | `/api/tasks/{id}` | Update an existing task |
| DELETE | `/api/tasks/{id}` | Delete a task           |

Subtask Endpoints
| Method | Endpoint                      | Description             |
| ------ | ----------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| GET    | `/api/subtasks/task/{taskId}` | Get subtasks for a task |
| POST   | `/api/subtasks/task/{taskId}` | Add subtask to a task   |
| PUT    | `/api/subtasks/{subtaskId}`   | Update a subtask        |
| DELETE | `/api/subtasks/{subtaskId}`   | Delete a subtask        |


To test locally:

Make sure Docker is running (docker compose up -d)

Start the backend: ./gradlew bootRun

Use an API tool like Postman or cURL to test the endpoints (e.g., GET http://localhost:8080/api/tasks)