cca-entities

Below is a short Markdown documentation that outlines the entities and their relationships:

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Entities Documentation

This documentation provides a brief overview of the TypeORM entities used in this project. Each entity extends a common BaseEntity and uses decorators from TypeORM and AutoMapper for mapping and database configuration.

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AuthEntity

• Table Name: auth
• Purpose: Stores authentication-related data.
• Key Fields:
  • email: A unique email address.
  • password: User password (not selected by default).
  • refreshToken: Token used for refreshing authentication (not selected by default).
  • role: Enum value from UserRole (default: GUEST).
• Relations:
  • user: One-to-one relation with UserEntity (eagerly loaded, cascades on delete).

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UserEntity

• Table Name: users
• Purpose: Represents user profiles.
• Key Fields:
  • email: Unique email address (indexed).
  • name: User’s name.
  • role: Enum value from UserRole (default: GUEST).
  • profileImageUrl: Optional URL for the profile image.
  • isActive: Indicates if the user is active.
  • lastLoginAt: Timestamp of the last login (not selected by default).
• Relations:
  • auth: One-to-one relation with AuthEntity.
  • posts: One-to-many relation with PostEntity.
  • images: One-to-many relation with ImageEntity.

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CategoryEntity

• Table Name: categories
• Purpose: Represents content categories.
• Key Fields:
  • name: Unique category name.
  • slug: URL-friendly unique identifier.
  • description: Optional text describing the category.
  • featuredImage: Optional image for the category.
  • level: Indicates the category level.
• Tree Structure:
  • parent: Self-referencing parent category (closure-table tree).
  • children: Self-referencing child categories.
• Relations:
  • image: One-to-one relation with ImageEntity.
  • posts: Many-to-many relation with PostEntity.

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PostEntity

• Table Name: posts
• Purpose: Represents blog posts or articles.
• Key Fields:
  • title: Title of the post.
  • slug: Unique URL-friendly identifier.
  • content: Main content of the post.
  • excerpt: Short excerpt from the content.
  • published: Boolean flag indicating if the post is published.
  • featuredImage: Optional image URL.
  • publishedAt: Timestamp when the post was published.
• Relations:
  • author: Many-to-one relation with UserEntity (author details).
  • images: One-to-many relation with ImageEntity.
  • categories: Many-to-many relation with CategoryEntity.

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ImageEntity

• Table Name: images
• Purpose: Stores image data associated with posts, users, or categories.
• Key Fields:
  • title: Title of the image.
  • description: Optional description.
  • originalUrl, thumbUrl, smUrl, mdUrl, lgUrl, xlUrl: URLs for various image sizes.
  • imageId: Unique identifier for the image.
• Relations:
  • author: Many-to-one relation with UserEntity.
  • category: One-to-one relation with CategoryEntity (if applicable).
  • post: Many-to-one relation with PostEntity.

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UserRole Enum

• Values:
  • ADMIN
  • USER
  • GUEST

This enum is used across several entities to define the user’s access level and role.

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This brief documentation provides a high-level overview of the key entities, their main fields, and relationships. For more detailed information on field types, configurations, or relationships, please refer to the inline comments and TypeORM documentation.