Blog-API-Django

This is a RESTful API for a blog platform built using Django and Django Rest Framework (DRF). It provides endpoints for managing blog posts, user authentication, pagination, and request throttling.

Features

• 🔹 CRUD Operations: Create, Read, Update, and Delete blog posts.
• 🔹 User Authentication: Token-based authentication using DRF.
• 🔹 Pagination: Efficiently fetch blog posts with paginated results.
• 🔹 Throttling: Rate limit requests to prevent abuse.
• 🔹 Filtering & Searching: Retrieve blog posts based on different criteria.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Django, Django Rest Framework (DRF)
• Database: SQLite
• Authentication: DRF Token Authentication

Database Model

BlogPost

The BlogPost model represents a blog post created by a user.

Fields:

• title (CharField): Stores the blog post title (max length: 100).
• content (TextField): Contains the blog content.
• author (ForeignKey to User): Links the post to a registered user.
• created_at (DateTimeField): Automatically records when the post was created.
• updated_at (DateTimeField): Automatically updates when the post is modified.
• is_published (BooleanField): Defines whether the post is published (default: False).
• total_likes (IntegerField): Stores the number of likes on the post (default: 0).

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Comment

The Comment model allows users to leave comments on a blog post.

Fields:

• comment_user (ForeignKey to User): The user who commented.
• likes (PositiveIntegerField): Tracks likes (either 0 or 1, using validators).
• comments (TextField): Stores the actual comment text.
• blogpost (ForeignKey to BlogPost): Links the comment to a specific blog post.
• created (DateTimeField): Timestamp when the comment was created.
• updated (DateTimeField): Timestamp when the comment was last updated.

API Testing Tool: 🔬 POSTMAN

Endpoints: (with Demo Gif) wait for a few seconds...

• Register
  

• Login
  

• Post Create & Get (List)
  

• Post Comment Create & Get (List)
  

• Logout
  

FrontEnd Integration : In Progress...