Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 24 – Implementing Static Filtering for RESTful Service

The video tutorial explains the concept of filtering in data responses, focusing on how to exclude certain fields, such as sensitive information, using JSON Ignore annotations. It covers setting up a filtering controller, creating beans, and applying JSON Ignore to both single and list responses. The tutorial concludes with a discussion on static versus dynamic filtering methods.

What is the concept of filtering in the context of API responses?

How can you prevent sensitive information, like a password, from being included in an API response?

What steps are involved in creating a new filtering controller?

How do you define a get mapping for filtering in a REST controller?

What is the purpose of the JSON ignore annotation in filtering?

What happens to fields marked with JSON ignore when an API response is generated?

Describe the difference between static filtering and dynamic filtering.