Rails API for a Recipe Sharing Service
Build a JSON API backend with Rails for sharing recipes, including users, recipes, ingredients, and ratings, with authentication via tokens. Learners practice Rails API mode, ActiveRecord associations, serialization, and token-based authentication.
- Estimate
- ~9.5h
- Steps
- 5
- Completed by
- 0
- Proposed by
- codeseed.app
Rails · ActiveRecord · JWT
Project roadmap
- 01
Scaffold the Rails API and models
~2hGenerate a Rails API-only app with models for User, Recipe, Ingredient, and Rating, defining associations.
- 02
Implement token authentication
~2hAdd signup/login endpoints that issue JWTs and a before_action that authenticates requests.
- 03
Build recipe CRUD endpoints
~2hImplement endpoints to create, list, update, and delete recipes scoped to the authenticated user.
- 04
Add ratings and serialized responses
~1.5hAllow users to rate recipes and use a serializer to include average rating in recipe responses.
- 05
Write request specs
~2hWrite RSpec request specs covering authentication and the main recipe endpoints.
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