This is a RESTful blog API built with Node.js, Express, and MongoDB. It provides CRUD operations for managing blog posts, user authentication, comments, and user profiles, and connects to a MongoDB database for persistence.

• User authentication (register, login, logout)
• Create, read, update, and delete blog posts
• Create, read, update, and delete comments
• Like/Dislike posts
• Like/Dislike comments
• User profile management
• Session management with express-session and MongoDB
• Middleware for authentication
• images upload with Clodinary

• Installation
• Environment Variables
• Usage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ABNmmd/Node-Blog-API.git
   cd Node-Blog-API

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following:

   PORT=3000
   MONGODB_URI=your_mongodb_uri
   SESSION_SECRET=your_session_secret

• PORT: The port your server will run on.
• MONGODB_URI: The URI for your MongoDB database.
• SESSION_SECRET: A secret key for signing session cookies.

Use Postman, Insomnia, or any other API client to interact with the API.

Check The Front-end AcademiaHub

Back-end/
├── index.js
├── controllers/
│   ├── authController.js
│   ├── commentController.js
│   ├── postController.js
│   ├── userController.js
├── models/
│   ├── comment.js
│   ├── post.js
│   ├── user.js
├── routes/
│   ├── authRoutes.js
|   ├── commentRoutes.js
│   ├── postRoutes.js
│   ├── userRoutes.js
├── utils/
│   ├── validators.js
├── config/
│   ├── cloudinary.js
│   ├── multer.js
├── middleware/
│   ├── authMiddleware.js
└── .env