IIT-BHU-CyberSecWeb-FrontEnd-API

Frontend API for IIT(BHU)CyberSecWebsite

How to run in Development mode

1. create .env file with 2 variables DB_USERNAME and DB_PASSWORD and set them according to your MongoDB Atlas username and password
2. Update the mongoString in index.js according to your mongoString.
3. Run npm i in the root directory
4. Seed the Database
5. Run npm run dev to start the API on http://localhost:5000

Production

1. Currently the API is hosted at https://api-iitbhucybersec-main.herokuapp.com/
2. Any pushes to the main branch of this repo will be reflected upon this URL
3. .env is configured to use the IIT(BHU)CyberSec account of MongoDB

Seeding the Database

1. Create a cluster in mongoDB
2. Allow access from all IP's (or only your IP if you wish to)
3. Create a Database and updated your mongoString accordingly
4. Create a collection in the database called blogdb
5. add the following JSON data to that collection

[
  {
    "tags": ["react", "javascript"],
    "id": "Gk5IxHDUqZrY",
    "title": "How to Create a Website with Next.js & React",
    "urlTitle": "how-to-create-a-website-with-next-js-and-react",
    "dateTimestamp": 1583852400,
    "thumbnailImageUrl": "https://assets.coderrocketfuel.com/coding-blog-react-thumbnail.png",
    "markdownContent": "# Blog Post Content",
    "seoTitleTag": "How to Create a Website with Next.js & React | Coding Blog",
    "seoMetaDescription": "A complete guide on how to setup, configure, and build a website using the Next.js React framework."
  },
  {
    "tags": ["nodejs"],
    "id": "AdffVG6mcCAj",
    "title": "Create a REST API With NodeJS",
    "urlTitle": "create-a-rest-api-with-node-js",
    "dateTimestamp": 1584266400,
    "thumbnailImageUrl": "https://assets.coderrocketfuel.com/coding-blog-nodejs-thumbnail.png",
    "markdownContent": "# Blog Post Content",
    "seoTitleTag": "Create a REST API With NodeJS | Coding Blog",
    "seoMetaDescription": "A guide on how to build a REST API using Node.js and Express."
  },
  {
    "tags": ["css"],
    "id": "wGqjKfOR2Skm",
    "title": "How to Use the CSS calc() Function",
    "urlTitle": "how-to-use-the-css-calc-function",
    "dateTimestamp": 1583748000,
    "thumbnailImageUrl": "https://assets.coderrocketfuel.com/coding-blog-css-thumbnail.png",
    "markdownContent": "# Blog Post Content",
    "seoTitleTag": "How to Use the CSS calc() Function | Coding Blog",
    "seoMetaDescription": "Guide on how to use the CSS calc() function in CSS files."
  },
  {
    "tags": ["html"],
    "id": "AUaKWwFdNyPd",
    "title": "How to Put Spaces Between Text in HTML",
    "urlTitle": "how-to-put-spaces-between-text-in-html",
    "dateTimestamp": 1583406000,
    "thumbnailImageUrl": "https://assets.coderrocketfuel.com/coding-blog-html-thumbnail.png",
    "markdownContent": "# Blog Post Content",
    "seoTitleTag": "How to Put Spaces Between Text in HTML | Coding Blog",
    "seoMetaDescription": "Tutorial on adding spacing to HTML text with the <Pre> tag, HTML whitespace characters, and CSS empty span width and margin styling."
  },
  {
    "tags": ["git"],
    "id": "lFEB9v6kl75A",
    "title": "Introduction to Git - Background, Installation, and Usage",
    "urlTitle": "introduction-to-git-version-control-system",
    "dateTimestamp": 1584698400,
    "thumbnailImageUrl": "https://assets.coderrocketfuel.com/coding-blog-git-thumbnail.png",
    "markdownContent": "# Blog Post Content",
    "seoTitleTag": "Introduction to Git - Background, Installation, and Usage | Coding Blog",
    "seoMetaDescription": "Introduction to Git version control software. Learn about the background and get a guide on installing and using Git."
  }
]