TechTea Blog Application

A full-stack blog application built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. This application provides a robust API for managing blog posts, users, categories, and authentication.

Features

• User authentication and authorization
• Blog post management (CRUD operations)
• Category management
• User profile management
• Post likes functionality
• Image upload support using Cloudinary
• RESTful API architecture

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB with Mongoose
• Authentication: JWT (JSON Web Tokens)
• File Upload: Cloudinary, Multer
• Other Tools: bcrypt for password hashing, cors for cross-origin requests

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• MongoDB
• Cloudinary account (for image uploads)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SwapnilMk/techtea-server.git
cd techtea-server

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Create a .env file in the root directory with the following variables:

PORT=8080
MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME=your_cloudinary_cloud_name
CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=your_cloudinary_api_key
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=your_cloudinary_api_secret

4. Start the development server:

npm run dev

API Endpoints

Authentication

• POST /api/auth/register - Register a new user
• POST /api/auth/login - Login user

Users

• GET /api/users - Get all users
• GET /api/users/:id - Get user by ID
• PUT /api/users/:id - Update user
• DELETE /api/users/:id - Delete user

Posts

• GET /api/posts - Get all posts
• GET /api/posts/:id - Get post by ID
• POST /api/posts - Create new post
• PUT /api/posts/:id - Update post
• DELETE /api/posts/:id - Delete post

Categories

• GET /api/categories - Get all categories
• POST /api/categories - Create new category
• PUT /api/categories/:id - Update category
• DELETE /api/categories/:id - Delete category

Project Structure

techtea-server/
├── config/         # Configuration files
├── models/         # Database models
├── routes/         # API routes
├── utils/          # Utility functions
├── index.js        # Main application file
└── package.json    # Project dependencies

Scripts

• npm run dev - Start development server with nodemon
• npm start - Start production server

Error Handling

The application includes global error handling middleware that catches and processes errors appropriately, returning meaningful error messages to the client.

Security Features

• Password hashing using bcrypt
• JWT-based authentication
• CORS enabled
• Request size limits
• Environment variable configuration

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request