Blog Application (API Based)

Description

This project is a blog application built using PHP. It provides a RESTful API for managing blog posts, categories, tags, and comments. Users can create, read, update, and delete posts. The application also supports user authentication and authorization, ensuring that only authenticated users can create or modify their own posts. The project uses Laravel as the backend framework and includes features such as pagination, filtering, and validation.

Assumptions

The application is designed to be used by authenticated users only. Unauthenticated users cannot create, update, or delete posts.
Admin can perform all CRUD operations on users,posts, categories, tags, and comments.
Users can only create, update, and delete their own posts but can view all posts.
Users can only create, update, and delete their own comments but can view all comments.
Users can only view categories and tags.
The application uses a token-based authentication system to authenticate users. Users must provide a valid token to access protected routes.
The application uses a role-based authorization system to restrict access to certain routes based on the user's role.

Installation

Prerequisites

PHP >= 8.2
Composer

Steps

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Dipesh79/blogApplication.git
cd blogApplication

Install PHP dependencies:
```
composer install
```

Set up environment variables:

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

Create a new database and update the .env file with the database credentials.
Run database migrations:
```
php artisan migrate
```
Seed the database:
```
php artisan db:seed
```

Usage

Running the Application

To start the application, use the following command:

php artisan serve

Admin Creds email: admin@gmail.com password: password

The application will be accessible at http://localhost:8000 and you can view the API documentation at http://localhost:8000/docs/api.