Personal Blog Backend

This project is a robust backend application for a personal blog, built with Spring Boot. It provides a RESTful API for handling the creation, viewing, and interaction with blog posts.

Features

• Create and retrieve blog posts
• Search posts by title
• View individual post details
• Like posts
• Comment on posts
• Handle development and production profiles

Technologies Used

• Java
• Spring Boot
• Spring Data JPA
• PostgreSQL
• Lombok
• JUnit and Mockito for testing

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java JDK 21
• Maven
• PostgreSQL

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/personal-blog-backend.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd personal-blog-backend
   

3. Build the project:

   mvn clean install
   

Database Configuration

Ensure you have PostgreSQL installed and configured. Then, update the application.yml file with your database credentials:

yaml:src/main/resources/application.yml

Running the Application

Run the application using Maven:

mvn spring-boot:run

The application will be available at http://localhost:8080/blog.

Project Structure

• src/main/java/dev/sergiomarquez/blog: Contains the main source code
  • post: Handles the logic related to blog posts
  • comment: Handles the logic related to comments
  • utils: Contains general utilities

Key Endpoints

• POST /api/posts: Creates a new blog post
• GET /api/posts: Retrieves all blog posts
• GET /api/posts/{postId}: Retrieves a specific blog post
• PATCH /api/posts/{postId}/like: Likes a post
• GET /api/posts/search/{title}: Searches posts by title
• POST /api/comments/create: Creates a new comment
• GET /api/comments/post/{postId}: Retrieves comments for a specific post

Testing

Run unit tests with:

mvn test

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.