TASK.md

Task: User Post Management API

Objective

Implement CRUD API endpoints for blog posts with proper authentication and validation.

Requirements

• Create Post model with SQLAlchemy
• Add Alembic migration for posts table
• Implement Pydantic schemas (PostCreate, PostUpdate, PostResponse)
• Create PostService with business logic
• Create PostRepository for data access
• Add API endpoints (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
• Add authentication checks
• Write unit tests for service layer
• Write integration tests for API
• Add OpenAPI documentation
• Deploy to staging

User Story

As an API consumer, I need to create, read, update, and delete blog posts so that I can manage content for my application.

Acceptance Criteria

• Users can create posts with title, content, and published status
• Only authenticated users can create/update/delete posts
• Users can only modify their own posts
• Posts can be listed with pagination
• Published posts are visible to all users
• Draft posts are only visible to the author
• All endpoints return proper HTTP status codes
• Validation errors return 422 with details
• Test coverage is above 80%

Success Metrics

• API responds in under 200ms
• Zero security vulnerabilities
• All tests pass
• OpenAPI spec is complete

Timeline

• Development: 2 days
• Testing: 1 day
• Review & deployment: 0.5 days

Related Tasks

• #123 - User authentication (completed)
• #145 - Post comments (future)