To connect to MongoDB from Java, you need MongoDB Java driver. Depending on the type of project you are working on there are 3 ways to use this driver. If you are using Gradle or Maven, you can add it as a dependency. If you are not using a build system, you can use the […]

Google cloud storage is a powerful and simple cloud based object storage API available as part of the Google cloud platform. Following are some of the key benefits of Google cloud storage, Multi-regional storage enables geo-redundant storage of objects with highest availability. This ensures availability of data even in the case of large scale natural […]

SHA256 with RSA signature is an efficient asymmetric encryption method used in many secure APIs. This algorithm first calculates a unique hash of the input data using SHA256 algorithm. The hash is then encrypted with a private key using the RSA algorithm. This is useful in scenarios where we only need to verify that the […]

Google Cloud Storage and Amazon S3 supports signed URLs for protected objects. Signed URLs can be used to enable temporary public access to protected content. Anyone with the signed URL can access the protected resource. However the validity of the signed URL is specified by a query parameter named Expires. This parameter specifies the validity […]

Spring STS 3.8.3 doesn’t work well with Buildship 2.0 Gradle plugin. When you try to create a new Spring starter project with Buildship Gradle plugin selected, you will get the following error, can not import using Gradle (Buildship) because Buildship Gradle Tooling is not installed. You can install it from Eclipse Marketplace. Note that you […]