Spring Security - Secure All APIs Except One Endpoint | SecurityFilterChain Explained

Spring Security Tutorial – Secure All APIs Except One Endpoint | SecurityFilterChain Explained In this video, you'll learn how to configure Spring Security to allow public access to one API endpoint while protecting all other REST APIs using SecurityFilterChain in Spring Boot 3. You'll understand how requestMatchers(), permitAll(), and authenticated() work together to secure your application. 📚 What You'll Learn: ✅ What is SecurityFilterChain? ✅ How to configure Spring Security in Spring Boot 3 ✅ How authorizeHttpRequests(works ✅ Allow public APIs using permitAll ✅ Protect all remaining APIs using authenticated() ✅ Understanding requestMatchers ✅ Testing secured APIs using Postman ✅ Best practices for securing REST APIs 💻 Code Explained This configuration allows: ✅ /api/v1/welcome/hello → Public API 🔒 All other APIs → Authentication Required 🔥 This tutorial is part of the Spring Security Complete Course for beginners and experienced Java developers. 📌 If you're preparing for Java Backend Developer Interviews, this series will help you understand real-world Spring Security concepts used in enterprise applications. 👍 Like the video if you found it helpful. 💬 Comment your questions below. 🔔 Subscribe to Dev With Pradeep for more Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Hibernate, AWS, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, and Interview Preparation videos. #SpringSecurity #SpringBoot #Java #SecurityFilterChain #SpringBoot3 #JavaDeveloper #RESTAPI #BackendDeveloper #JavaInterview #Microservices #JWT #Authentication #Authorization #DevWithPradeep #Programming #Coding #LearnJava #SoftwareEngineer #Tech #JavaBackend