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Build a Blog Platform API

Create a full-featured blogging API with posts, comments, authors, categories, and draft/publish workflow. Perfect for content management systems.

What You'll Build

Blog Features

  • Posts with rich content
  • Comments & nested replies
  • Author profiles
  • Categories & tags
  • Draft/publish workflow
  • Search functionality
  • View count & analytics
  • Like/reaction system

What You'll Learn

  • Content modeling
  • Nested resources
  • Status workflows
  • Full-text search
  • Taxonomy design
  • Analytics tracking
  • SEO optimization
  • CMS patterns
Time Required:45-60 minutes
1

Create Blog Project

You can create a blog API in two ways:

Option A: Use the Blog API Template (Recommended)

1Go to "Create New Project"
2Scroll to "Quick Start with Templates"
3Click "📝 Blog API" template
4Review pre-filled data and click "Create Project"

⚠️ Note: The template includes list endpoints but might be missing individual resource endpoints like "Get Blog by ID". You can easily add these using the Settings dialog (see Step 1B below).

Option B: Create from Scratch

1Go to Dashboard and click "Create Project"
2Name it "Blog API"
3Description: "Blogging platform with posts, comments, and authors"
4Define your schema and create endpoints manually
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Step 1B: Adding Missing Endpoints (For Template Users)

If you used the Blog API template, you'll want to add individual post endpoints. Here's how:

  1. Navigate to your Blog API project page
  2. Click the "Settings" button in the top-right corner
  3. In the Settings dialog, select the "General" tab
  4. Click "Add Endpoint"
  5. Create endpoints like:
    • post-details (for getting a single post by ID)
    • comments (for post comments)
    • authors (for author profiles)
  6. For each endpoint, define the data structure matching the schema shown in Step 2

💡 Pro Tip: Use the "JSON Contract" option when adding endpoints to quickly paste the schema examples from this tutorial!

2

Define Posts Schema

Create a comprehensive blog post schema:

json
3

Configure Post Endpoints

GET/posts

Get published posts with filtering:

json
GET/posts/:slug

Get full post content by slug (SEO-friendly):

json

Note: Using slugs instead of IDs is better for SEO and user-friendly URLs.

POST/posts

Create new blog post (draft or published):

json
PATCH/posts/:id/publish

Publish a draft post:

json
4

Comments System

GET/posts/:id/comments

Get all comments for a post (with nested replies):

json
POST/posts/:id/comments

Add a comment or reply:

json
5

Categories & Tags

GET/categories

Get all categories with post counts:

json
GET/tags

Get popular tags:

json
6

Search & Analytics

GET/posts/search

Full-text search across posts:

json
POST/posts/:id/view

Track post views:

json
POST/posts/:id/like

Like a post:

json
7

React Blog Component

Blog Homepage
javascript

Congratulations! 🎉

You've built a complete blogging platform API with:

Full post CRUD operations
Comments with nested replies
Draft/publish workflow
Categories & tags taxonomy
Search & analytics
SEO optimization
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