create account and recipe working. Explore kind of works

src/main/java/com/example/demo/controller/RecipeController.java

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public class RecipeController {
 
 	// build create recipe REST API
 	@PostMapping
-	public ResponseEntity<RecipeDto> saveRecipe(@RequestBody RecipeDto recipeDto, Authentication authentication) {
+	public ResponseEntity<RecipeDto> saveRecipe(@Valid @RequestBody Recipe recipe, Authentication authentication) {
+		RecipeDto recipeDto = recipeService.convertToDto(recipe);
 		String currentUsername = authentication.getName();
 		return new ResponseEntity<>(recipeService.saveRecipe(recipeDto, currentUsername), HttpStatus.CREATED);
 	}

src/main/java/com/example/demo/controller/SiteController.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 
 @Controller
 public class SiteController {
@@ -49,12 +50,25 @@ public class SiteController {
         return "view-recipe";
     }
     
+//    @GetMapping("/explore")
+//    public String viewExplorePage(Model model) {
+//    	//model.addAttribute("allemplist", employeeServiceImpl.getAllEmployee());
+//   	 List<RecipeDto> recipes = recipeService.getAllRecipes(); 
+//   	model.addAttribute("recipes", recipes);
+//        return "explore";
+//    }
+    
     @GetMapping("/explore")
-    public String viewExplorePage(Model model) {
-    	//model.addAttribute("allemplist", employeeServiceImpl.getAllEmployee());
-   	 List<RecipeDto> recipes = recipeService.getAllRecipes(); 
-   	model.addAttribute("recipes", recipes);
+    public String explore(
+            @RequestParam(required = false) String q,
+            @RequestParam(required = false) List<String> tags,
+            Model model
+    ) {
+        List<RecipeDto> recipes = recipeService.getRecipes(q, tags);
+        model.addAttribute("recipes", recipes);
+        model.addAttribute("q", q);
         return "explore";
     }
+
     
 }

src/main/java/com/example/demo/controller/UserController.java

@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import java.security.Principal;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.DeleteMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
@@ -33,11 +36,11 @@ public class UserController {
 		this.userService = userService;
 		this.userRepo = userRepo;
 	}
+	
 
 	// build create user REST API
 	@PostMapping
 	public ResponseEntity<User> saveUser(@RequestBody User user) {
-
 		return new ResponseEntity<User>(userService.saveUser(user), HttpStatus.CREATED);
 	}
 

src/main/java/com/example/demo/service/Impl/RecipeServiceImpl.java

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
 		ensureUserNotBanned(currentUser);
 		enforceUploadLimit(currentUser);
 
+
 		Recipe recipe = new Recipe(dto.getTitle(), dto.getDescription(), dto.getPrepTimeMinutes(),
 				dto.getCookTimeMinutes(), dto.getServings(), currentUser, dto.getStatus());
 
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
 						riDto.getNotes());
 
 				recipe.getRecipeIngredients().add(ri);
+
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -372,8 +374,8 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
 	public List<RecipeDto> getRecipes(String name, List<String> tags) {
 
 		List<Recipe> recipes;
-
-		if (!name.isBlank()) {
+		
+		if ((name != null) && (!name.isBlank())) {
 			recipes = recipeRepository.findByTitleContainingIgnoreCase(name);
 		}
 
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ public class RecipeServiceImpl implements RecipeService {
 			recipes = recipeRepository.findAll();
 		}
 
-		if (!tags.isEmpty() && !recipes.isEmpty()) {
+		if ((tags != null) && (!tags.isEmpty()) && !recipes.isEmpty()) {
 			recipes = recipes.stream()
 					.filter(recipe -> recipe.getTags().stream().anyMatch(tag -> tags.contains(tag.getName())))
 					.collect(Collectors.toList());

src/main/java/com/example/demo/service/Impl/UserServiceImpl.java

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import com.example.demo.dto.ImageDto;
@@ -26,11 +29,13 @@ public class UserServiceImpl implements UserService {
 
 	private UserRepo userRepository;
 	private RecipeRepo recipeRepository;
+	private PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
 
-	public UserServiceImpl(UserRepo userRepository, RecipeRepo recipeRepository) {
+	public UserServiceImpl(UserRepo userRepository, RecipeRepo recipeRepository, PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) {
 		super();
 		this.userRepository = userRepository;
 		this.recipeRepository = recipeRepository;
+		this.passwordEncoder = passwordEncoder;
 	}
 
 	public UserDto convertToDto(User user) {
@@ -43,6 +48,9 @@ public class UserServiceImpl implements UserService {
 			user.setRole("ROLE_USER");
 		}
 		user.setBanned(false);
+		user.setHashedpassword(passwordEncoder.encode(user.getPassword()));
+		
+		
 		return userRepository.save(user);
 	}