fmdavis1/blog_api

BLOG_API

Description

This is a blog API with full Create, Read, Update, and Delete(CRUD) functionality.

Tech Stack

• Server: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB
• Frontend: Postman
• Deploy: Heroku

ENVIONMENT VARIABLES

To run this API the following environment vaariables are required:

• MONGODB_URI
• SECRET_KEY

RUN LOCALLY

Clone the project and follow all steps and have all dependencies to run the project locally.

git clone https://github.com/fmdavis1/blog_api

Install dependencies

npm init -y

npm i:

• bcrypt
• dotenv
• express
• helmet
• jsonwebtoken
• mongoose
• morgan

ROUTES

• Endpoints, Parameters, Schema

Endpoints

• To run use Port 5000 as follows: http://localhost:5000 and add endpoints

• server app.get('/')return message "Server is running"

• usersRouter.post('/auth'): Creates Login.Login with username and password only. Token is sent to header for furher access.

• /auth - Login - CREATE

• usersRouter.post('/users')Registers users, usersSchema is used. Password is hashed. Token sent to headers for further access.

• /users - CREATE - Registration - READ - Get users - UPDATE - Update user - DELETE - Delete user

Blog('/blogs') router.get('/blogs'): all public blog and private blogs are included, must be logged in and have a token.

router.post('/blogs'): Creates Blog with blogsSchema. Must have a token

router.put('/blogs/:id'): Updates blog with id, parameter(String) id is needed to update blog. Must have a token

router.get('/blogs/:id'): Returns blog associcated to id, parameter(String) id is required to find blog. Only blog associated with id appears. Must have a token

router.get('/blogs/private'): Returns blog associcated to private. Onlyprivate blogs appear where the value to the key of private in the blogsSchema is set to true.

router.delete('/blogs/:id): Deletes blog associated with id, need a token for Authorization and parameter(string) id is required to delete blog

• /blogs
  • full CRUD
    • CREATE -Create blog
    • READ
      • Get blogs
      • Get private blogs
    • READ BY ID
      • Get blog by id
    • UPDATE
      • Update blog
    • DELETE -Delete blog

SCHEMAS

Blog Schema:

• username: type: String, required: true
• created_by: type: String, required: true,
• created_at:type:String, required:true,
• blog_title:type:String, required: true
• private:type:Boolean,default false

User Schema:

• username:type:String,required:true,
• email:type:String,required:true,
• birthday:date,required:true,
• age:number,
• password:String:required:true

Deploy

• Deployed to Heroku