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