Welcome to the Social Media API! This API is built with .NET 8 and provides the backend services for a social media application. It supports a range of features to manage user profiles, interactions, and content.

• User Profiles: Create, update, and manage user profiles.
• Follows: Follow and unfollow other users.
• Likes: Like comments and posts.
• Notifications: Receive notifications for various activities.
• Posts: Create, view, update, and delete posts.
• Direct Messages: Send and receive direct messages.

• .NET 8 SDK installed on your machine.
• A SQL Server database or other supported database for persistence.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/social-media-api.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd social-media-api
   

3. Restore the project dependencies::

   dotnet restore
   

4. Update your appsettings.json file with your database connection string and any other configuration settings.

5. Apply database migrations (if using Entity Framework) this will also seed some data to make it easier to test.

   dotnet ef database update
   

6. Run the application:

   dotnet run

• Retrieve a User Profile

  • GET /api/users/{id}
  • Retrieves the user profile for the specified user ID.

• Create a New User Profile

  • POST /api/users
  • Creates a new user profile.

• Update a User Profile

  • PUT /api/users/{id}
  • Updates the user profile for the specified user ID.

• Delete a User Profile

  • DELETE /api/users/{id}
  • Deletes the user profile for the specified user ID.

• Follow a User

  • POST /api/follow/{userId}
  • Follows the user with the specified user ID.

• Unfollow a User

  • DELETE /api/follow/{userId}
  • Unfollows the user with the specified user ID.

• Like a Post

  • POST /api/posts/{postId}/like
  • Likes the post with the specified post ID.

• Unlike a Post

  • DELETE /api/posts/{postId}/like
  • Unlikes the post with the specified post ID.

• Like a Comment

  • POST /api/comments/{commentId}/like
  • Likes the comment with the specified comment ID.

• Unlike a Comment

  • DELETE /api/comments/{commentId}/like
  • Unlikes the comment with the specified comment ID.

• Retrieve Notifications

  • GET /api/notifications
  • Retrieves notifications for the logged-in user.

• Mark Notification as Read

  • PUT /api/notifications/{id}
  • Marks the notification with the specified ID as read.

• Delete a Notification

  • DELETE /api/notifications/{id}
  • Deletes the notification with the specified ID.

• Retrieve All Posts

  • GET /api/posts
  • Retrieves a list of all posts.

• Retrieve a Specific Post

  • GET /api/posts/{id}
  • Retrieves the post with the specified post ID.

• Create a New Post

  • POST /api/posts
  • Creates a new post.

• Update a Post

  • PUT /api/posts/{id}
  • Updates the post with the specified post ID.

• Delete a Post

  • DELETE /api/posts/{id}
  • Deletes the post with the specified post ID.

• Retrieve All Direct Messages

  • GET /api/messages
  • Retrieves all direct messages for the logged-in user.

• Send a New Direct Message

  • POST /api/messages
  • Sends a new direct message.

• Retrieve a Specific Message

  • GET /api/messages/{id}
  • Retrieves the direct message with the specified ID.

• Delete a Direct Message

  • DELETE /api/messages/{id}
  • Deletes the direct message with the specified ID.

The API uses JWT Bearer Tokens for authentication. Ensure you include a valid token in the Authorization header of your requests. The header should be formatted as follows: For more information on JWT Bearer Tokens, refer to the official documentation.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details. For more information about the MIT License, visit the MIT License website.