RESTful_Blogging_API

This project details my journey in creating a RESTful Blogging API in Golang. Tech stack used will be

• GIN web framework
• GORM
• Postgres database

DataBase

In the database a simple table to store blog data will be created.

CREATE TABLE BLOGS( ID serial PRIMARY KEY, TITLE VARCHAR( 60 ) NOT NULL, CONTENT TEXT)

We limit title to 60 characters as that is the ideal title length for blogs to be visible on search engines like google.

Configuration

In order to connect to the database, we maintain a Config.yaml file to externalize configuration details and update them as needed. A simple example:

host: localhost
port: 5432
user: david
password: postgres
dbname: postgres

API

Possible Operations

1. View all blog posts - GET - "http://localhost:8080/blogs"
2. View Specific blog post by id - GET - "http://localhost:8080/blogs/:id"
3. Create a new blog post - POST - "http://localhost:8080/blogs"
4. Update an existing blog post - PUT - "http://localhost:8080/blogs/:id"
5. Delete a blog post - DELETE - "http://localhost:8080/blogs/:id" Where id is a path variable.