This repository contains the backend code for a full-fledged blog website. It provides various features including JWT authentication, CRUD operations for posts and comments, user management functionalities like following/unfollowing authors, admin privileges to block/unblock users, and file management for uploading and deleting files.

• JWT Authentication: Users can authenticate using JSON Web Tokens for secure access to the website.
• Post Management:
  • Create, read, update, and delete posts.
  • Like posts to show appreciation.
• Comment Management:
  • Create, read, update, and delete comments on posts.
• User Management:
  • Follow/unfollow authors to customize the feed.
  • Admin privileges to block/unblock users.
• File Management:
  • Upload files such as images for posts.
  • Delete uploaded files when necessary.

• Backend Framework: Express JS
• Database: MongoDB
• Authentication: JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
• Other Technologies: Cloudinary, Mongoose, Bcrypt, Express-Rate-Limit, Multer

1. Clone the Repository:

  git clone https://github.com/Shubham-Guptaji/MERN-Blog-Backend.git

2. Install Dependencies:

  cd MERN-Blog-Backend
  npm install

3. Environment Variables:

• Create a .env file based on the .env.example file.
• Populate the environment variables with appropriate values.

4. Database Setup:

• Set up your database and update the database configuration in the .env file.

5. Run the Server:

  npm start

6. Testing:

• Use tools like Postman or write unit tests to ensure the APIs work as expected.

• User Apis Documentation : https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/31843425/2sA2xjyAih
• Blog Apis Documentation : https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/31843425/2sA2xk1BXv
• Resource File Apis Documentation : https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/31843425/2sA2xk1BcF
• Miscellaneous and Social Apis Documentation : https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/31843425/2sA2xk1BcE
• Comment Apis Documentation : https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/31843425/2sA2xk1BcC

• Shubham Gupta

MIT License