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RealWorld project with rex

The "RealWorld" Project​

source: github.com/swiftcarrot/realworld-rex

Create Rex Schema​

Define client​

client "db" {
  adapter = "postgresql"
  generator = "rex-client-go"
}

Define Base Models​

model "User" {
  column "email" {
    type = string
  }
  column "username" {
    type = string
  }
  column "password" {
    type = string
  }
  column "image" {
    type = string
    default = "https://api.realworld.io/images/smiley-cyrus.jpeg"
  }
  column "bio" {
    type = text
  }

  has_many "articles" {
    through = "user_articles"
  }
  has_many "comments" {}
}

model "Article" {
  column "slug" {
    type = string
  }
  column "title" {
    type = string
  }
  column "description" {
    type = string
  }
  column "tagList" {
    type = integer
    array = true
  }

  has_many "comments" {}
  has_many "users" {
    through = "user_articles"
  }
}


model "Comment" {
  column "body" {
    type = text
  }

  belongs_to "article" {}
  belongs_to "user" {}
}

Add Association Models​

model "UserArticle" {}
model "UserFavorite" {}
model "UserFollow" {}

Setup Database​

Create database with

rex db:create

Generate the initial migration with

rex g migration init

Run database migrtion,

rex db:migrate

Generate go client​

rex g client

Create API server with chi router​

https://github.com/go-chi/chi

type Server struct {
  client *db.Client
}

Authentication​

Articles​