📝 Blog API

A RESTful API for a blogging platform that allows users to create, read, update, and delete blog posts, manage authentication, and interact with content through comments and likes.

🚀 Features

• 🔐 JWT-based Authentication
• 👤 User Registration & Login
• ✍️ CRUD operations on Blog Posts
• 💬 Comment System
• ❤️ Like / Unlike Posts
• 🏷️ Tags & Categories Support

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Tools: Thunder Client

📂 Project Structure

├── src/
│   ├── app.js           # Express app setup
│   ├── config/
│   │   └── dbConnection.js  # Database connection
│   ├── controllers/
│   │   ├── postController.js  # Post-related business logic
│   │   └── userController.js  # User-related business logic
│   ├── middleware/
│   │   ├── errorHandler.js    # Error handling middleware
│   │   └── isLoggedIn.js      # Authentication middleware
│   ├── models/
│   │   ├── postModel.js       # Post schema
│   │   └── userModel.js       # User schema
│   └── routes/
│       ├── postRoute.js       # Post routes
│       └── userRoute.js       # User routes
├── package.json         # Dependencies and scripts
├── README.md            # Project documentation
└── server.js            # Entry point

⚙️ Installation

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/bisu39/BLOG-APIs.git

Navigate to project folder

cd BLOG-APIs

Install dependencies

npm install

Prerequisites

• Node.js installed
• MongoDB running locally or cloud (MongoDB Atlas)

🔑 Environment Variables

PORT = <your port>
MONGODB_URL = <your_mongodb_connection_string>
ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET= <your_secret_key>

▶️ Running the Server

npm start

📌 API Endpoints

🔐 Auth Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/users	Register user
POST	/users/auth	Login user

📝 Post Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/posts	Get all posts
POST	/posts	Create post (auth)
PATCH	/posts/:id	Update post (auth)
DELETE	/posts/:id	Delete post (auth)

💬 Comment Routes

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/posts/:postID/comment	Add comment

🔐 Authentication

Include token in headers for protected routes:

Authorization: Bearer <your_token>

❌ Error Handling

The API uses a centralized error handling middleware that returns consistent responses:

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Error message",
  "stack": "Only in development"
}

📬 Request Example

POST /posts

{
  "title": "My First Blog",
  "content": "This is a long blog content...",
  "tags": ["tech", "node"],
  "category": "Programming"
}

🚀 Deployment

• Project deployed in Railway
• Online access link: https://blog-apis.up.railway.app/

📈 Future Improvements

Frontend Implemenation Pagination Image upload (Cloud storage) Rate limiting & security enhancements

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

Fork the repo

Create your branch

git checkout -b feature/new-feature

Commit changes

git commit -m "Add new feature"

Push

git push origin feature/new-feature

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.