diff --git a/spring-data-rest/pom.xml b/spring-data-rest/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>intro-spring-data-rest</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>intro-spring-data-rest</name>
+    <description>Intro to Spring Data REST</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDataRestApplication.java b/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDataRestApplication.java
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+++ b/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDataRestApplication.java
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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringDataRestApplication {
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(SpringDataRestApplication.class, args);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/UserRepository.java b/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/UserRepository.java
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+++ b/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/UserRepository.java
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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = "users", path = "users")
+public interface UserRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<WebsiteUser, Long> {
+    List<WebsiteUser> findByName(@Param("name") String name);
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/WebsiteUser.java b/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/WebsiteUser.java
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+++ b/spring-data-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/WebsiteUser.java
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+package com.baeldung;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class WebsiteUser {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private long id;
+
+    private String name;
+    private String email;
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getEmail() {
+        return email;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmail(String email) {
+        this.email = email;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-rest/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-data-rest/src/main/resources/application.properties
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