odin-blog-api

A blog site managed by a single admin. The Odin Project exercise to learn NodeJS, Express, and authentication.

• Everybody can see blog posts.
• People can signup and become a member.
• Users can comment to blog posts.
• Users can update their profile info.
• Users can delete their profile and comments.
• Admin can add, edit, delete blog posts.
• Admin can delete users and comments.

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Setup

Step 1: Environment File Setup

Create .env file in backend folder:

• clientUrl = "http://localhost:5173" If your client url different, make changes accordingly.

Also create .env file inside the frontend folder:

• VITE_baseUrl = "http://localhost:3000/blog-api/v1/"

After creating those environment variables continue to dependency installation.

Step 2: Dependency Installation

Execute inside the both frontend and backend folders after cloning the repo:

npm install

Step 3: Launching the Development Server

Execute:

npm start

Or to start the server continuously with nodemon:

npm run devstart

Step 4: Launching the Client

Inside the frontend folder execute:

npm run dev

Usage

If you do not want to create new user,to login as user use:

• email - test@test.com
• password - 1234

To log in as admin, use:

• email - admin@admin.com
• password - 1234