🌟 Blogging API with Spring Boot 🌟

• This is a comprehensive Blogging API built using Spring Boot, equipped with advanced security, role-based authentication and authorization, pagination, sorting, and a host of CRUD operations. The project is well-documented with Swagger for easy exploration and testing.
• To access the API Documentation: Blog API

🛠 Features

🔑 Authentication & Authorization

• JWT-Based Role Management: Secure the endpoints using JWT with support for both User and Admin roles.
• User Registration & Login: Register new users and authenticate using JWT tokens for secure access.

📝 User Operations

• CRUD Operations on Posts: Users can create, update, view, and delete posts, comment, and like posts.
• Category-Based Search: Posts are divided into categories, allowing users to search by category.
• Pagination & Sorting: Responses are pageable and sortable for efficient data handling.
• Enhanced Search Feature: Users can search posts based on keywords, making it easier to find relevant content.

⚙ Admin Operations

• User Management: Admins can delete users and manage their roles.
• Role Management: Admins can add or delete roles to maintain control over user access.

🚀 Technologies Used

• Backend: Spring Boot, Spring Security (JWT), Spring Data JPA
• Database: MySQL
• Documentation: Swagger

Data Base ER Diagram

🎯 How to Run the Project

Prerequisites

• Java (latest version) must be installed.
• Maven must be installed.
• MySQL must be running on your system.

Steps to Run the Project

1. Clone the repository

   Clone the repository to your local machine using the following command:

   git clone https://github.com/MdShaz9771/Blogging-Api.git

   Set up MySQL database

Make sure your MySQL server is running, and create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE blogging_db;

Configure database properties

Update the database configuration in the src/main/resources/application.properties file with your MySQL credentials:

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/blogging_db
spring.datasource.username=your-username
spring.datasource.password=your-password

Build the project Navigate to the root directory of the project and build it using Maven:

mvn clean install

Run the project Once the application is running, you can access the API documentation via Swagger UI by opening your browser and navigating to:

http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html

This provides a user-friendly interface to interact with the API.

Enjoy the Blogging API! Now, you can test various endpoints provided by the Blogging API using the Swagger UI or any API client like Postman.

Example API usage:

Create, read, update, delete blog posts User authentication and authorization via JWT

🚀 Future Improvements

• Implement social login (Google, GitHub OAuth2)
• Send email notifications for new posts or comments
• Enhance search functionality to support keyword search across posts and comments

👨‍💻 Contributions

Feel free to fork this project, raise issues, or contribute via pull requests. I'd love to collaborate with you!

📞 Contact

If you have any suggestions or feedback, reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email:

• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: My LinkedIn Profile