A RESTful API backend for a personal blogging platform built with Node.js, Express, TypeScript, and Prisma.
- User authentication with JWT tokens
- Session management with refresh tokens
- CRUD operations for blog posts
- Categories management
- Comments system
- Post reactions (likes/dislikes)
- Media uploads
- Search and filtering capabilities
- Pagination
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Node.js
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TypeScript
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Express.js
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Prisma (MySQL)
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JSON Web Tokens
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Zod (Validation)
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Argon2 (Password hashing)
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Node.js (>=18.x)
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MySQL
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pnpm (recommended) or npm
- Clone the repository:
git clone <repository-url>
cd personal-blogging-platform- Install dependencies:
pnpm install - Create a .env file in the root directory:
PORT=3000 NODE_ENV=development DATABASE_URL="mysql://user:password@localhost:3306/blog_db" JWT_SECRET="your-jwt-secret" JWT_EXPIRES_IN="15m" - Set up the database:
pnpm prisma migrate dev - Start the development server:
pnpm dev
Authentication
POST /auth/register - Register a new user
POST /auth/login - User login
POST /auth/logout - User logout
Articles
POST /articles - Create article
GET /articles/?page=1&limit=10 - Get all articles
GET /articles/filter - Filter articles
GET /articles/:user_id - Get user articles
PUT /articles/:article_id - Update article
DELETE /articles/:article_id - Delete article
Categories
POST /categories - Create category
GET /categories - Get all categories
Comments
POST /comments - Add comment
GET /comments/:post_id - Get post comments
PUT /comments/:comment_id - Update comment
DELETE /comments/:comment_id - Delete comment