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Author: Rajeev Kumar Singh

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+## Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, JPA, Hibernate REST API Demo
+
+## Tutorial
+
+Check out the complete tutorial on the CalliCoder blog -
+
+[Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, JPA, Hibernate RESTful CRUD API Example](https://www.callicoder.com/spring-boot-jpa-hibernate-postgresql-restful-crud-api-example/)
+
+## Steps to Setup
+
+**1. Clone the repository**
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/callicoder/spring-boot-postgresql-jpa-hibernate-rest-api-demo.git
+```
+
+**2. Configure PostgreSQL**
+
+First, create a database named `postgres_demo`. Then, open `src/main/resources/application.properties` file and change the spring datasource username and password as per your PostgreSQL installation.
+
+**3. Run the app**
+
+Type the following command from the root directory of the project to run it -
+
+```bash
+mvn spring-boot:run
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can package the application in the form of a JAR file and then run it like so -
+
+```bash
+mvn clean package
+java -jar target/postgres-demo-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
+```