Second solution

Author: Wojtas1996PL

pom.xml

@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
 			<version>2.0.0-rc2</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<build>

src/main/java/mate/academy/rickandmorty/controller/RickAndMortyController.java

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import mate.academy.rickandmorty.dto.CharacterDto;
 import mate.academy.rickandmorty.service.RickAndMortyClient;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 @RestController
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public CharacterDto getRandomCharacter() {
 
     @Operation(summary = "Get list of characters matching parameter")
     @GetMapping("/character")
-    public List<CharacterDto> getCharactersList(@PathVariable String character) {
+    public List<CharacterDto> getCharactersList(@RequestParam String character) {
         return rickAndMortyClient.getCharactersList(character);
     }
 }

src/main/java/mate/academy/rickandmorty/model/Character.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package mate.academy.rickandmorty.model;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Table;
+import lombok.Data;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name = "characters")
+@Data
+public class Character {
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    private Long id;
+    private Long externalId;
+    private String name;
+    private String status;
+    private String gender;
+}

src/main/java/mate/academy/rickandmorty/service/RickAndMortyClient.java

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.util.List;
 import mate.academy.rickandmorty.dto.CharacterDto;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
@@ -18,34 +21,56 @@ public class RickAndMortyClient {
     private static final int MAX = 826;
     private static final int MIN = 1;
     private static final int RANGE = MAX - MIN + 1;
+    private final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    public RickAndMortyClient(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
+        this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
+    }
 
     public CharacterDto getRandomCharacter() {
+        Transaction transaction = null;
         int random = (int) (Math.random() * RANGE) + MIN;
         HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
         String url = BASE_URL + CHARACTER + "/" + random;
         HttpRequest httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder().GET().uri(URI.create(url)).build();
         try {
+            Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
+            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
             HttpResponse<String> httpResponse = httpClient
                     .send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
             ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            return objectMapper.readValue(httpResponse.body(), new TypeReference<>() {
-            });
+            CharacterDto characterDto = objectMapper.readValue(httpResponse.body(),
+                    new TypeReference<>() {});
+            session.persist(characterDto);
+            transaction.commit();
+            return characterDto;
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
+            if (transaction != null) {
+                transaction.rollback();
+            }
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
 
     public List<CharacterDto> getCharactersList(String character) {
+        Transaction transaction = null;
         HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
-        String url = BASE_URL + CHARACTER + "/" + character;
+        String url = BASE_URL + CHARACTER + "?name=" + character;
         HttpRequest httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder().GET().uri(URI.create(url)).build();
         try {
+            Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
+            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
             HttpResponse<String> httpResponse = httpClient
                     .send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
             ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            return objectMapper.readValue(httpResponse.body(), new TypeReference<>() {
-            });
+            List<CharacterDto> characters = objectMapper
+                    .readValue(httpResponse.body(), new TypeReference<>() {});
+            transaction.commit();
+            return characters;
         } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
+            if (transaction != null) {
+                transaction.rollback();
+            }
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }

src/main/resources/application.properties

@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 spring.datasource.username=root
 spring.datasource.password=root
 spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
+spring.jpa.show-sql=true
+spring.jpa.open-in-view=false