Expat Journal BACKEND API

Documentation

Base URL for deployed API: https://bw-expat-journal-web.herokuapp.com/

LINK FOR DOCUMENTATION AND ENDPOINTS ON POST MAN :

API Endpoints for BW Expat Journal Project : https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/13492253/TVeqc6bz

Endpoints

Method	URL	Description	Requires Token	Requires Admin
POST	/api/auth/register	register a new user	-	-
POST	/api/auth/login	login as existing user	-	-
POST	/api/	create a new post	X	-
GET	/api/posts	get information of all posts	X	-
GET	/api/posts/:id	get a specific posts by id	X	-
GET	/api/users/:id/posts	get posts created by users with specified ID	-	-
PUT	/api/posts/:id	edit a posts(this is a new feature for DELETE a story or a photo associated with a post )	X	X
DELETE	/api/posts/:id	delete a posts from database	X	X

POST /api/auth/register

https://bw-expat-journal-web.herokuapp.com/api/auth/register

Request body

{
    "firstname": "Hello",
    "lastname": "World",
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "lambdaschool"
}

Return

{
   "message": "You are successfully registered!",
    "data": {
        "id": 5,
        "firstname": "Hello",
        "lastname": "World",
        "username": "admin",
        "password": "$2a$08$D3br1Q1UDpdwjyTivYN1B.ljSxnhc2OmxOH72WW8FSPXjj6Tdtfbi"
}

POST /api/auth/login

https://bw-expat-journal-web.herokuapp.com/api/auth/login

Request Body

{
    "username": "admin",
    "password": "lambdaschool"
}

Return

{
    "message": "Welcome to Expat Journal!",
    "user": {
        "id": 5,
        "username": "admin",
        "password": "$2a$08$D3br1Q1UDpdwjyTivYN1B.ljSxnhc2OmxOH72WW8FSPXjj6Tdtfbi"
    },
    "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6ImFkbWluIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA1NTU0NzE3LCJleHAiOjE2MDU2NDExMTd9.nO40dHdKQBF7h9Wc6S7JJois9G6yf5-QiQ_NNYHdoMU"
}