creating categorySchema model and category controller in the backend

Author: pramit-marattha

server/controllers/category.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const Category = require("../models/categorySchema");
+const slugify = require("slugify")
+
+exports.create = (req,res)=>{
+    const {name} = req.body
+    let slug = slugify(name).toLowerCase()
+
+    let category = new Category({name,slug})
+
+    category.save((err,data)=>{
+        if (err){
+            return res.status(400).json({
+                error:err
+            })
+        }
+        res.json(data)
+    })
+}

server/models/categorySchema.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+
+const CategorySchema = new mongoose.Schema(
+    {
+        name: {
+            type: String,
+            trim: true,
+            required: true,
+            max: 32
+        },
+        slug: {
+            type: String,
+            unique: true,
+            index: true
+        }
+    },
+    { timestamps: true }
+);
+
+module.exports = mongoose.model("Category", CategorySchema);

server/routes/category.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const express = require('express')
+const router = express.Router();
+const {create} = require("../controllers/category.js")
+const {requireLogin,adminAuthenticationMiddleware} = require("../controllers/userAuthentication.js")
+
+const {runValidation} = require("../validators")
+const {createCategoryValidator} = require("../validators/category")
+
+router.post('/category',createCategoryValidator,runValidation,requireLogin,adminAuthenticationMiddleware,create);
+
+  module.exports = router;

server/server.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require("dotenv").config();
 const blogRoutes = require("./routes/blog")
 const authRoutes = require("./routes/auth")
 const userRoutes = require("./routes/user")
+const categoryRoutes = require("./routes/category")
 
 const app = express()
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
 app.use("/api",blogRoutes);
 app.use("/api",authRoutes);
 app.use("/api",userRoutes);
+app.use("/api",categoryRoutes);
 // cors 
 app.use(cors());
 

server/validators/category.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const {check} = require("express-validator");
+
+exports.createCategoryValidator = [
+    check('name').not().isEmpty().withMessage("hold up!! Name is required")
+];