blog-backend-express

A versatile and efficient backend solution designed for managing blogs with Express.js.

Required Dependencies

To ensure proper functionality, install the following dependencies in your project:

• express
• pg
• pg-hstore
• sequelize
• dotenv

Environment Configuration

Set up the following environment variables in your .env file and update them according to your database configuration:

• DB_HOST: Database host (e.g., localhost)
• DB_PORT: Database port (e.g., 5432)
• DB_NAME: Name of your database (e.g., test)
• DB_USER: Database username (e.g., postgres)
• DB_PASSWORD: Database password (e.g., root)

Usage

To use the blog-backend-express package in your project, follow these steps:

• Import the package and set up the routes in your Express application:

  const blogRoutes = require('blog-backend-express');
  app.use('/api/blogs', blogRoutes);
  

• Access this like http://localhost:3001/api/blogs

  1. http://localhost:3001/api/blogs -> with get method to fetch the blogs.

  2. http://localhost:3001/api/blogs -> with POST methods including JSON body to create.eg : { "title": "How to create server in expressjs?", "content":"These are the following steps to create a expressjs server...", "author" :"John Doe" }.

  3. http://localhost:3001/api/blogs/id -> with GET method replace with blog id to fetch by id.

  4. http://localhost:3001/api/blogs/id -> with PUT method to to update including JSON body.

  5. http://localhost:3001/api/blogs/id -> with DELETE method to delete by blog id.