Comprehensive-Blog API

• This API allows you to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on for a blog app.
• It utilizes MongoDB for storing Posts Data and MySQL for user information.
• Only users who are authorized can view latest posts.

Node.js & Express

• The API is built using Node.js and the Express framework.
• TypeScript is used for type safety in the Node.js application.

API Endpoints

GET /api/posts

Retrieve a list of all blog posts.

Response

[
  {
    "_id": "1",
    "title": "Sample Blog Post",
    "content": "This is the content of the blog post.",
    "created_at": "2023-10-03T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-10-03T12:00:00Z",
    "category": ["Technology","AI"]
  },
  {
    "_id": "2",
    "title": "Another Blog Post",
    "content": "This is another blog post content.",
    "created_at": "2023-10-02T13:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-10-02T13:00:00Z",
    "category": ["Technology"]
  }
]

GET /api/posts/:id

Retrieve a specific blog post by its ID.

Response

 {
    "_id": "2",
    "title": "Another Blog Post",
    "content": "This is another blog post content.",
    "created_at": "2023-10-02T13:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-10-02T13:00:00Z",
    "category": ["Technologyl"]
  }

POST /api/posts

Create a new blog post. The request body should contain title, content, and category_id.

Request Body

{
  "title": "New Blog Post",
  "content": "This is the content of the new blog post.",
  "category_id": ["work", "code"]
}

PUT /api/posts/:id

Update an existing blog post by its ID.

Request Body

{
  "title": "New Blog Post",
  "content": "This is the content of the new blog post.",
  "category_id": ["work", "coding","AI"]
}

DELETE /api/posts/:id

Delete a blog post by its ID.

Response

{
  "message": "Blog post  has been deleted successfully."
}

GET /api/posts/latest (Authorized Users Only)

Retrieve the latest blog post from each unique category. Only authorized users have access to this endpoint.

Response

  {
    "_id": "1",
    "title": "Sample Blog Post",
    "content": "This is the content of the blog post.",
    "created_at": "2023-10-03T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-10-03T12:00:00Z",
    "category": ["Technology","AI"]
  }