routes/api/posts

Source:

• routes/api/posts.js, line 1

Examples

// POST api/posts
// Usage:
// 1. Include validation and auth middleware in your express app
const { check, validationResult } = require('express-validator');
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.post('/api/posts', [
  auth,
  [check('text', 'Text is required').not().isEmpty()]
], async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with text in the request body and the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.post('http://localhost:5000/api/posts', {
  text: 'This is a new post'
}, {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Created post object
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// GET api/posts
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.get('/api/posts', auth, async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('http://localhost:5000/api/posts', {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Array of post objects
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// GET api/posts/:id
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth and checkObjectId middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');
const checkObjectId = require('../../middleware/checkObjectId');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.get('/api/posts/:id', auth, checkObjectId('id'), async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the post ID in the URL and the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('http://localhost:5000/api/posts/your_post_id_here', {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Post object
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// DELETE api/posts/:id
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth and checkObjectId middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');
const checkObjectId = require('../../middleware/checkObjectId');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.delete('/api/posts/:id', [auth, checkObjectId('id')], async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the post ID in the URL and the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.delete('http://localhost:5000/api/posts/your_post_id_here', {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // { msg: 'Post removed' }
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// PUT api/posts/like/:id
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth and checkObjectId middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');
const checkObjectId = require('../../middleware/checkObjectId');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.put('/api/posts/like/:id', auth, checkObjectId('id'), async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the post ID in the URL and the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.put('http://localhost:5000/api/posts/like/your_post_id_here', {}, {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Array of updated post likes
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// PUT api/posts/unlike/:id
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth and checkObjectId middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');
const checkObjectId = require('../../middleware/checkObjectId');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.put('/api/posts/unlike/:id', auth, checkObjectId('id'), async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the post ID in the URL and the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.put('http://localhost:5000/api/posts/unlike/your_post_id_here', {}, {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Array of updated post likes
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// POST api/posts/comment/:id
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth and checkObjectId middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');
const checkObjectId = require('../../middleware/checkObjectId');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.post('/api/posts/comment/:id', [
  auth,
  checkObjectId('id'),
  [
    check('text', 'Text is required')
      .not()
      .isEmpty()
  ]
], async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the post ID in the URL, the token in the 'x-auth-token' header,
// and a JSON object containing the text field in the request body
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.post('http://localhost:5000/api/posts/comment/your_post_id_here', {
  text: 'Your comment here'
}, {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Array of updated post comments
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

// DELETE /comment/:id/:comment_id
// Usage:
// 1. Include auth middleware in your express app
const auth = require('../../middleware/auth');

// 2. Add the following route in your express app
app.delete('/api/posts/comment/:id/:comment_id', auth, async (req, res) => {
  // Your route handler logic
});

// 3. Send a request with the post ID and comment ID in the URL, and the token in the 'x-auth-token' header
// e.g., using axios:
const axios = require('axios');

axios.delete('http://localhost:5000/api/posts/comment/your_post_id_here/your_comment_id_here', {
  headers: {
    'x-auth-token': 'your_token_here'
  }
}).then(response => {
  console.log(response.data); // Array of updated post comments
}).catch(error => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});