Blog project | Laravel 9

This blog project has a homepage, dashboard, blog posts, quotes, and also liking/unliking for posts with getting mail for notification. Also, the user will only get one mail for each like. Spamming is solved. Also, this project is included a custom login/register system. More information is below...

Requirements

• PHP 8.0 and above
• Composer
• Since this project is running Laravel 9, I suggest checking out the official requirements

Installation

• Clone the repository by running the following command in your command line below (Or you can download the zip file from GitHub)

git clone https://github.com/perisicnikola37/blog-advanced-laravel.git

• Head to the projects directory

cd blog-advanced-laravel

• Install/Update Composer dependencies

composer install 

• Copy .env.example file into .env file and configure based on your environment

cp .env.example .env

• Generate an encryption key

php artisan key:generate

• Migrate the database

php artisan migrate 

• Seed database

  • Use the following command

    php artisan db:seed

• For development or testing purposes, you can use the Laravel built-in server by running

php artisan serve

After running the above commands, you should be able to access the application at http::/localhost or your designated domain name depending on the configuration.

Setup

• Log in to the application with the following credentials

  • Email: [email protected]
  • Password: password

• There are two roles:

• administrator and subscriber

🚀 Tech used

• PHP v.8
• Laravel v.9
• MySQL
• HTML v.5 / CSS v.3 / Tailwind v.3
• JavaScript

Laravel RESTful API for this project

Making a Request

All requests start with http://127.0.0.1:8000/api

Available requests

oauth

• POST /oauth/token - Log In
• GET /api/user - Get Token

posts

• GET /api/posts - Get all posts. Pagination available. No authentication required.
• GET /api/posts/show/{post} - Get single post, no authentication required.
• POST /api/posts/store - Create a new post, authentication required.
• PUT /api/posts/update/{post} - Update only own post, authentication required.
• DELETE /api/posts/delete/{post} - Delete only own post, authentication required.

quotes

• GET /api/quotes - Get all quotes reviews, no authentication required.
• GET /api/quotes/show/{quote} - Get single quote, no authentication required.
• POST /api/quotes/store - Create a new quote, authentication required.
• PUT /api/quotes/update/{quote} - Update quote, authentication required.
• DELETE /api/quote/delete/{quote} - Delete a quote, no authentication required.

Errors

The actions you can access in the API are dependent upon the permission levels assigned to your account. If you find yourself receiving "message": "Unauthenticated."" | Status: 401 Unauthorized, please confirm your permission level.

If you find a typo or an error, please send a pull request. You can also submit an issue (which will require a GitHub account) and I will look into it.

If you have questions or trouble implementing the API, you can reach me at [email protected] and I will help you out.

Status Code Explanations

• 400: Bad Request – verify your URL address(route) is correct
• 401: Invalid or unauthorized API user – verify your API user is valid and authorized to access the API. Contact me if you'd like assistance.
• 404: Model/Review not found - check if the requested product/review exists
• 5xx: Server error - please double-check your JSON payload for formatting errors, data integrity, etc.

Want to Chat?

Have you found a bug? Do you have an API feature request? Submit an issue (requires a GitHub account)