Bloggy

A REST API and web interface for a blog platform, built in Go. Users can register, write articles and comment on each other's posts.

Features

• 🔐 Authentication with hashed passwords (argon2id) and JWT tokens
• 📝 Full CRUD for articles and comments
• 🛡️ Route protection with auth middleware
• 🌐 Web interface served with Go templates

Quick Start (Docker)

Prerequisites

• Docker installed

Running

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/TheKankan/Terminal_Chat.git

2. Edit .env.example : rename it .env and change the values inside it

3. Start the server and database

docker compose up

The server is now running on http://localhost:8080 !

Manual Setup (without Docker)

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25+
• PostgreSQL
• goose for migrations

Running

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/TheKankan/Bloggy.git

2. Edit .env with your PostgreSQL connection string and JWT_SECRET

3. Run migrations

goose -dir sql/schema postgres "$DB_URL" up

4. Start the server

go run ./cmd/server

The server is now running on http://localhost:8080 !

Tech Stack

• Go — server and web templates
• PostgreSQL — persistent storage
• chi — HTTP router (go-chi/chi)
• JWT — authentication (golang-jwt)
• argon2id — password hashing (alexedwards/argon2id)
• sqlc — type-safe SQL (sqlc)
• goose — database migrations (pressly/goose)
• Docker — containerization

Contributing

Clone the repo and set up your .env (see Quick Start above)

# Run tests
go test ./...

# Start the server
go run ./cmd/server

Open a pull request to the main branch to add new features or fix issues.