optimistictrousers / blog-api

Creating REST APIs with Express, MongoDB, and Mongoose. Adding session-based authentication using Passport.js.

Blog API

Description

[App] Creating my own APIs for my blog on my personal website

See it live on https://radiant-ocean-64037.herokuapp.com/posts Or clone repo, cd into repo, then run "npm run dev"

Purpose

Creating an API for my blog posts. Allows me to store my blog posts inside of a MongoDB database and use an admin dashboard to display content

Beyond that, other learning outcomes were:

• Using TypeScript with Express
• Making RESTful APIs
• Using Passport.js with the Local Strategy using sessions and cookies to authenticate myself

Features

1. Allows users to fetch posts and create posts
2. Allows users to fetch a post
3. Allows me to update and delete posts
4. Allows users to create comments
5. Allows me to update and delete comments
6. Returns JSON data

Development

Technologies used

• Express - Web framework
• MongoDB - Database
• Node - JavaScript runtime
• Mongoose - Object Data Model for MongoDB
• Passport - Middleware used for JWT authentication

Areas for Improvement

• Write an endpoint that allows me to search for posts

Known Bugs

1. Returns a 502 Gateway when making a POST request