Blog Website

A comprehensive Blog Website System with features for user authentication, blog management, and administrative control.

Features

Authentication

1. Register: Allows new users to sign up with their email, username, role, and password.
2. Login: Authenticates users and provides access to their account.
3. Logout: Logs users out of their account.
4. Verify Email: Sends a verification email to confirm the user’s email address.
5. Forgot Password: Allows users to initiate a password reset process if they forget their password.
6. Reset Password: Allows users to set a new password using a reset token sent to their email.

User Features

1. Write a Blog: Allows users to create new blog posts.
2. Show the Draft Blog: Displays all draft blog posts created by the user.
3. Check Blog Approval Status: Allows users to check if their blog posts have been approved or not.

Admin Features

1. Show All User Details: Displays information about all registered users.
2. Delete User: Deletes a user from the system.
3. Show All Posts: Displays all blog posts in the system.
4. Delete Post: Deletes a specific blog post.
5. Approve Post: Allows admins to approve a blog post.
6. Reject Post: Allows admins to reject a blog post.

API Endpoints

Authentication

• POST /api/user/register: Register a new user.
• POST /api/user/login: Log in a user.
• POST /api/user/logout: Log out the user.
• GET /api/user/verify-email: Verify user email.
• POST /api/user/forgot-password: Initiate the password reset process.
• POST /api/user/reset-password: Reset the user’s password.

User Features

• POST /api/user/create-blog: Create a new blog post.
• GET /api/user/draft-blog: Get all draft blog posts.
• GET /api/user/blog: Check the approval status of user blog posts.

Admin Features

• GET /api/admin/show-users: Show details of all users.
• DELETE /api/admin/delete-user/:id: Delete a user by ID.
• GET /api/admin/show-allposts: Show all blog posts.
• DELETE /api/admin/delete-posts/:id: Delete a blog post by ID.
• PUT /api/admin/posts/:id/status: Approve or reject a blog post.

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/gautamkumar1/Task-2-Blog-Website.git
   cd server

2. Install dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set up environment variables:

   Create a .env file in the root directory and add your configuration:

   JWT_SECRET_KEY = 
   JWT_EXPIRES =
   MONGODB_URL = 
   PORT=
   COOKIE_EXPIRE=
   EMAIL_SERVICE =
   EMAIL_USERNAME =
   EMAIL_PASSWORD = 
   EMAIL_FROM =
   
   

4. Start the server:

   npm start

5. Visit http://localhost:3000 to access the API.