Blog API

Blog API that uses CRUD to create, login users, delete and update blog posts. https://blog-api12.herokuapp.com/

Installation

Make a new folder on terminal

mkdir BlogAPI

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/erosnol/Project-2API

Open up Visual Studio Code

code .

npm init -y 

Make sure all dependencies are up-to-date and installed.

"bcrypt": "^5.0.1",
    "dotenv": "^16.0.1",
    "ejs": "^3.1.8",
    "express": "^4.18.1",
    "express-validator": "^6.14.1",
    "helmet": "^5.1.0",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
    "mongoose": "^6.3.6",
    "morgan": "^1.10.0"

If not, install dependencies using the following commands:

npm i bcryt
npm i dotenv 
npm i express ejs
npm i express-validator 
npm i helmet
npm i jsonwentoken
npm i mongoose
npm i morgan

Names of ENV Variables

MONGO_DB
MY_SECRET_KEY

Running Locally

Check to see if you are in the /BlogAPI folder within the terminal.

pwd 

cd into /BlogAPI folder and run the server with nodemon

cd BlogAPI
nodemon server.js

If you do not have nodemon installed run this on the terminal

npm i nodemon 

Routes

    Endpoints, Parameters, Schema

app.use('/blog', blogRouter)
app.use('/users', usersRouter)
app.use('/auth', authRouter)

auth Router

Auth ('/auth') creates Users and Login 
 - router.post('/') : Checks users email and password with '.isEmail' & '.notEmpty.' It also creates a TOKEN for user profile.

blog Router

router.get('/') - finds all blogs

router.post('/') - creates a blog 

router.get('/') - find blog by id

router.put('/') - updates blog by id

router.delete('/') - deletes blog by id

user Router

router.post('/') - validates username, email, password with express validator. and use SALT and bcrypt to get a hashedpassword. With this, a payload exists and creates a TOKEN.

Schemas

user

 `username: {
        type: String,
        required: true
    },

    email: {
        type: String,
        required: true,
        unique: true
    },

    password: {
        type: String,
        required: true
    },

    age: {
        type: Number
    },

    birthday: {
        type: Date,
        required: true
    },

    created_at: {
        type: Date,
        default: Date.now()
    }`

blog

 `private: {
        type: Boolean,
        required: true
    },

    blog_title: {
        type: String,
        required: true
    },

    blog_content: {
        type: String,
        required: true
    },

    created_at: {
        type: Date,
        default: Date.now()
    },

    created_by: {
        type: String,
        required: true
    }`

License

MIT