https://github.com/itzdiv/blog_backend
A modern, minimalistic blog website built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and EJS. It features sleek black aesthetics, dynamic blog posting with editable and deletable entries, and a randomized quote in the posting window. Clone, run, and easily interact with the site to post, edit, and delete blogs.
https://github.com/itzdiv/blog_backend
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A modern, minimalistic blog website built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, and EJS. It features sleek black aesthetics, dynamic blog posting with editable and deletable entries, and a randomized quote in the posting window. Clone, run, and easily interact with the site to post, edit, and delete blogs.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/itzdiv/blog_backend
- Owner: itzdiv
- Created: 2024-11-17T20:45:28.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-10T10:47:59.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-10T11:46:00.076Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: aesthetics, backend, blog, css, ejs-express, express-js, frontend, fullstack-development, html, minimalist-design, nodejs, npm
- Language: EJS
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.21 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# 📝 Blog Ninja — A Minimalist, Secure Blogging Platform
**Blog Ninja** is a sleek, full-stack blogging platform built using the **PERN** stack (PostgreSQL, Express, React, Node.js)—but currently leverages EJS for simple server-side rendering. It allows user authentication (local & Google OAuth), blog creation and management, and displays random motivational quotes to boost creativity while writing.
---
## 🚀 Features
- 🔐 **User Authentication** — Secure login/signup using Local Strategy and Google OAuth via Passport.js
- 📝 **Blog CRUD** — Create, view, edit, and delete blog posts
- 💬 **Quotes** — Random quotes injected from `quotesy` to inspire writing
- 💾 **Sessions** — Secure session management using PostgreSQL store
- 🖤 **Clean UI** — Minimal, modern black-and-white EJS-based layout
- 📑 **API Docs** — Built-in `/documentation` route for exploring API endpoints
---
## 📦 Tech Stack
- **Backend**: Node.js, Express.js
- **Database**: PostgreSQL
- **Frontend**: EJS templates
- **Authentication**: Passport.js (Local + Google OAuth 2.0)
- **Security**: bcrypt, express-session
- **Extras**: quotesy, dotenv, connect-pg-simple
---
## 📂 Project Structure
```blog
blog-ninja/
├── public/ # Static files (CSS, images)
├── views/ # EJS templates (home, compose, login, etc.)
├── auth.js # Authentication logic
├── index.js # Blog CRUD routes
├── server.js # Entry point for the backend API
├── .env # Environment variables
├── package.json
└── README.md
```
---
## 🛠️ Getting Started
Follow these steps to run the project locally:
### 1. Clone the Repository
```
git clone https://github.com/your-username/blog-ninja.git
cd blog-ninja
```
### 2. Install Dependencies
```
npm install
```
### 3. Set Up Environment Variables
Create a `.env` file in the root directory and add the following:
```
PostgreSQL Config
PG_USER=your_postgres_username
PG_HOST=localhost
PG_DATABASE=your_database_name
PG_PASSWORD=your_postgres_password
PG_PORT=5432
Session Secret
SESSION_SECRET=your_secret_key_here
```
Google OAuth Credentials
```
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your_google_client_secret
```
⚠️ Make sure PostgreSQL is installed and running on your system, and that your database exists.
### 4. Start the Server
```
node index.js
node server.js(for backend api)
```
By default, the app will run at: `http://localhost:3001`
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## ✅ TODOs
- [ ] Add support for Markdown in blog posts
- [ ] Add user profile pages
- [ ] Add post search & category filters
- [ ] Integrate React frontend (SPA) in v2
- [ ] Add Swagger or ReDoc-based API docs
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## 📸 Screenshots
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## 📜 License
MIT License — Feel free to fork, modify, and use this project however you like.
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## 💬 Want to Contribute?
Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.
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✨ Made with coffee, code, and creativity.