Personal Blogging Platform API

This project is a simple RESTful API for a personal blogging platform, built using the Flask framework and PostgreSQL as the database. The API allows users to perform basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on blog posts.

Goals

The goals of this project are to help you:

• Understand what RESTful APIs are, including best practices and conventions.
• Learn how to create a RESTful API.
• Learn about common HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, and DELETE.
• Understand status codes and error handling in APIs.
• Learn how to perform CRUD operations using an API.
• Learn how to work with databases.

Requirements

Before running the application, ensure you have the following installed on your machine:

• PostgreSQL: Make sure PostgreSQL is installed and running. You can download it from PostgreSQL's official site.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd <repository-directory>
   

2. Create and Configure the database.ini File

• In the root of your project directory, create a file named database.ini.
• Fill in the database credentials as follows:

  [postgresql]
  host=localhost
  database=your_database_name
  user=your_username
  password=your_password
  port=5432

  Replace your_database_name, your_username, and your_password with your actual PostgreSQL database details.

3. Run the flask application

flask --app main run --reload