1. User Authentication APIs
These APIs are used to manage user login and authentication, ensuring secure access to the system.
POST /api/login
- Purpose: Allows users to log in to the system.
- Input: Username, password.
- Output: JWT token or session ID for the authenticated user.
- Example Response:
POST /api/signup
- Purpose: Registers a new user.
- Input: Username, email, password, and other profile information.
- Output: Confirmation message or error.
- Example Response:
POST /api/logout
- Purpose: Logs the user out by invalidating the session.
- Input: JWT token or session ID.
- Output: Confirmation message.
- Example Response:
2. Newsfeed APIs
These APIs are responsible for fetching and displaying newsfeed content for the user. They should be optimized to ensure minimal latency and maximum relevance in content delivery.
GET /api/newsfeed
- Purpose: Retrieves the user’s newsfeed, including recent posts, interactions, and updates.
- Input: User ID, optional filters (e.g., category, hashtags).
- Output: A list of posts (or content) along with associated metadata (likes, comments, shares).
- Example Response:
GET /api/newsfeed/trending
- Purpose: Retrieves the most trending posts or topics.
- Input: User location, time period (e.g., today, this week).
- Output: List of trending posts/topics.
- Example Response:
POST /api/newsfeed/refresh
- Purpose: Refreshes the newsfeed to fetch new content since the last check.
- Input: User ID, timestamp (last checked).
- Output: A list of new posts.
- Example Response:
3. Post Interaction APIs
These APIs manage user interactions with posts, such as liking, commenting, or sharing.
POST /api/like
- Purpose: Allows a user to like a post.
- Input: User ID, post ID.
- Output: Updated like count for the post.
- Example Response:
POST /api/comment
- Purpose: Allows a user to comment on a post.
- Input: User ID, post ID, comment content.
- Output: Updated comments list for the post.
- Example Response:
POST /api/share
- Purpose: Allows a user to share a post.
- Input: User ID, post ID, sharing options (e.g., share on feed, share to another user).
- Output: Updated share count for the post.
- Example Response:
4. Content Creation APIs
These APIs allow users to create and upload new posts.
POST /api/create-post
- Purpose: Allows a user to create a new post (text, image, video, etc.).
- Input: User ID, content (text or multimedia), metadata (e.g., hashtags).
- Output: Confirmation message and post ID.
- Example Response:
POST /api/upload-media
- Purpose: Uploads media (images, videos) associated with a post.
- Input: User ID, media file (image/video).
- Output: Media URL or ID.
- Example Response:
5. Notification APIs
These APIs handle real-time notifications for the user related to interactions on their posts, new content, etc.
GET /api/notifications
- Purpose: Retrieves all notifications for a user (e.g., likes, comments, mentions).
- Input: User ID.
- Output: List of notifications.
- Example Response:
POST /api/mark-read
- Purpose: Marks notifications as read.
- Input: User ID, notification IDs.
- Output: Confirmation message.
- Example Response:
6. Search APIs
These APIs are used for searching posts, users, hashtags, or topics.
GET /api/search
- Purpose: Searches for posts, users, or hashtags based on a query.
- Input: Query string (e.g., “#vacation”), search type (posts, users, hashtags).
- Output: Search results.
- Example Response:
7. Analytics APIs
These APIs collect and return various analytics related to posts and interactions.
GET /api/analytics/post
- Purpose: Retrieves analytics (e.g., likes, shares, comments) for a specific post.
- Input: Post ID.
- Output: Post analytics.
- Example Response:
GET /api/analytics/user
- Purpose: Retrieves the user’s overall activity statistics (e.g., total posts, total likes).
- Input: User ID.
- Output: User analytics.
- Example Response:
