Create a community of like minded authors to foster inspiration and innovation by leveraging the modern web.
Authors Haven app can be run by:
Git clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/andela/ah-legion-backend.git`
Change your working directory to the app's root. `cd ah-legion-backend`
Create a virtual environment and activate it.
Install all the requirements by running `pip install -r requirements.txt`
Create an environment file with environment variables in the following format:
SECRET_KEY=supersecretkey
DEBUG=True
DB_NAME=yourdbname
DB_USER=yourname
DB_PASSWORD=yourstrongpassword
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
Run the app according to the environment you need:
`python manage.py makemigrations --settings=authors.settings.dev`
`python manage.py migrate --settings=authors.settings.dev`
`python manage.py runserver --settings=authors.settings.dev`
`python manage.py test --settings=authors.settings.test`
The run the app on a production environment:
Use Postman to acccess the app by using this url as your domain:
`https://ah-legion.herokuapp.com`
Input appropriate endpoint urls, enjoy.
The preferred JSON object to be returned by the API should be structured as follows:
{
"user": {
"email": "jake@jake.jake",
"token": "jwt.token.here",
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": null
}
}
{
"profile": {
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": "image-link",
"following": false
}
}
{
"article": {
"slug": "how-to-train-your-dragon",
"title": "How to train your dragon",
"description": "Ever wonder how?",
"body": "It takes a Jacobian",
"tagList": ["dragons", "training"],
"createdAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"updatedAt": "2016-02-18T03:48:35.824Z",
"favorited": false,
"favoritesCount": 0,
"author": {
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": "https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHWG8.jpg",
"following": false
}
}
}
{
"articles":[{
"slug": "how-to-train-your-dragon",
"title": "How to train your dragon",
"description": "Ever wonder how?",
"body": "It takes a Jacobian",
"tagList": ["dragons", "training"],
"createdAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"updatedAt": "2016-02-18T03:48:35.824Z",
"favorited": false,
"favoritesCount": 0,
"author": {
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": "https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHWG8.jpg",
"following": false
}
}, {
"slug": "how-to-train-your-dragon-2",
"title": "How to train your dragon 2",
"description": "So toothless",
"body": "It a dragon",
"tagList": ["dragons", "training"],
"createdAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"updatedAt": "2016-02-18T03:48:35.824Z",
"favorited": false,
"favoritesCount": 0,
"author": {
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": "https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHWG8.jpg",
"following": false
}
}],
"articlesCount": 2
}
{
"comment": {
"id": 1,
"createdAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"updatedAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"body": "It takes a Jacobian",
"author": {
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": "https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHWG8.jpg",
"following": false
}
}
}
{
"comments": [{
"id": 1,
"createdAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"updatedAt": "2016-02-18T03:22:56.637Z",
"body": "It takes a Jacobian",
"author": {
"username": "jake",
"bio": "I work at statefarm",
"image": "https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHWG8.jpg",
"following": false
}
}],
"commentsCount": 1
}
{
"tags": [
"reactjs",
"angularjs"
]
}
If a request fails any validations, expect errors in the following format:
{
"errors":{
"body": [
"can't be empty"
]
}
}
401 for Unauthorized requests, when a request requires authentication but it isn't provided
403 for Forbidden requests, when a request may be valid but the user doesn't have permissions to perform the action
404 for Not found requests, when a resource can't be found to fulfill the request
POST /api/users/login
Example request body:
{
"user":{
"email": "jake@jake.jake",
"password": "jakejake"
}
}
No authentication required, returns a User
Required fields: email, password
POST /api/users
Example request body:
{
"user":{
"username": "Jacob",
"email": "jake@jake.jake",
"password": "jakejake"
}
}
No authentication required, returns a User
Required fields: email, username, password
GET /api/user
Authentication required, returns a User that's the current user
PUT /api/user
Example request body:
{
"user":{
"email": "jake@jake.jake",
"bio": "I like to skateboard",
"image": "https://i.stack.imgur.com/xHWG8.jpg"
}
}
Authentication required, returns the User
Accepted fields: email, username, password, image, bio
POST /api/users/password-reset/
Example request body:
{
"payload": {
"email": "jake@jake.com",
"callback_url": "https://legion.com"
}
}
Requires a registered user, returns a message, sends an email to given address
Accepted fields: email, callback_url
PUT /api/users/password-reset/
Example request body:
{
"user_password":{
"password": "jake123son",
"confirm_password": "jake123son",
"token":"valid-token"
}
}
Requires a registered user and a token contained in the link sent to the supplied email address, returns a message
Accepted fields: password, new_password, token
GET /api/profiles/:username
Authentication optional, returns a Profile
POST /api/profiles/:username/follow
Authentication required, returns a Profile
No additional parameters required
DELETE /api/profiles/:username/follow
Authentication required, returns a Profile
No additional parameters required
GET /api/articles
Returns most recent articles globally by default, provide tag, author or favorited query parameter to filter results
Query Parameters:
Filter by tag:
?tag=AngularJS
Filter by author:
?author=jake
Favorited by user:
?favorited=jake
Limit number of articles (default is 20):
?limit=20
Offset/skip number of articles (default is 0):
?offset=0
Authentication optional, will return multiple articles, ordered by most recent first
GET /api/articles/feed
Can also take limit and offset query parameters like List Articles
Authentication required, will return multiple articles created by followed users, ordered by most recent first.
GET /api/articles/:slug
No authentication required, will return single article
POST /api/articles/create
Example request body:
{
"article": {
"title": "How to train your dragon",
"description": "Ever wonder how?",
"body": "You have to believe",
"tagList": ["reactjs", "angularjs", "dragons"]
}
}
Authentication required, will return an Article
Required fields: title, description, body
Optional fields: tagList as an array of Strings
PUT /api/articles/:slug/edit
Example request body:
{
"article": {
"title": "Did you train your dragon?"
}
}
Authentication required, returns the updated Article
Optional fields: title, description, body
The slug does not get updated when the title is changed
DELETE /api/articles/:slug/edit
Authentication required
PATCH /api/articles/:slug/publish
Authentication required
POST /api/articles/:slug/comments
Example request body:
{
"comment": {
"body": "His name was my name too."
}
}
Authentication required, returns the created Comment
Required field: body
GET /api/articles/:slug/comments
Authentication optional, returns multiple comments
DELETE /api/articles/:slug/comments/:id
Authentication required
POST /api/articles/:slug/favorite
Authentication required, returns the Article No additional parameters required
DELETE /api/articles/:slug/favorite
Authentication required, returns the Article
No additional parameters required
GET /api/tags
POST /api/articles/<slug>/rate/
Example request body:
{
"rating":{
"value":"3",
"review":"Quite interesting."
}
}
Requires authentication
Accepted fields: value, review
PUT api/articles/<slug>/rate/
Example request body:
{
"rating":{
"value":"4",
"review":"Quite interesting. I loved the ending."
}
}
Requires authentication
Accepted fields: value, review
GET api/articles/<slug>/ratings/
Returns all reviews attached to an article