Blog API

Features

• User registration and authentication (JWT)
• Create, read, update, and delete blog posts
• Commenting system
• MongoDB database integration
• Validation and error handling
• Unit tests using Jest and Supertest

Testing the API

Register a new user

POST /api/users/register

json { "name": "John Doe", "email": "john@example.com", "password": "123456" }

Login

POST /api/users/login

json { "email": "john@example.com", "password": "123456" }

Copy the returned token for authorization in subsequent requests.

Create a blog post

POST /api/posts Headers: Authorization: Bearer <token>

json { "title": "My First Blog Post", "content": "This is a sample blog post content." }

Get all blog posts

GET /api/posts

Get a single post

GET /api/posts/:id

Update a post

PUT /api/posts/:id Headers: Authorization: Bearer <token>

#Delete a post

DELETE /api/posts/:id Headers: Authorization: Bearer <token>

Server runs on: http://localhost:5000

Project Structure

blog/ ├── src/ │ ├── config/
│ ├── controllers/
│ ├── models/
│ ├── routes/
│ ├── middleware/
│ └── app.js
├── tests/
├── server.js # Entry point ├── .env
├── .gitignore ├── package.json └── README.md

Technologies Used

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB & Mongoose
• JWT Authentication
• Jest & Supertest
• Render (Deployment)

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Author

Wada Gift (OG Tech) wgift41@gmail.com GitHub Profile