This project creates a backend REST APIs and a UI using Node.js with Express as a framework, React.js and Redux for state management and PostgreSQL with sequelize for data persistence.
- A simple comments API that exposes endpoints for CRUD operations.
- Comments should be able to have replies and all endpoints should be protected (require authentication) except the read comments endpoint.
- Host app on Heroku.
- A simple UI to consume the endpoints.
- Host app on Netlify.
- POST /login
- POST /register GET /me/:user_id - (Returns the logged in user's full profile and it's comments)
- GET /users/:user_id - (Returns another user's profile) PATCH /me/:user_id
- POST /comments
- GET /comments - (Should return with all replies)
- GET /comments/comment_id - (Should return a single comment, it's author and replies)
- PATCH /comments/comment_id
- DELETE /comments/comment_id
- POST /comments/:comment_id/replies - (should reply to a comment)
- Sign up page.
- Sign in page.
- Comments page with replies. It shouldn’t require authentication to view the comments, but creating, updating and deleting should require authentication.
- Clone the repository
- run
npm install - run
npm run startto run the app in development mode - run migrations
npm run migrate - run seed
npm run seed - Navigate to localhost:xxxx on POSTMAN
- install POSTMAN app to test API Endpoints (https://www.getpostman.com/apps)
- Martins Obayomi