Delete post function

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/public/views/dashboard.html b/public/views/dashboard.html
index 03dd653..65db495 100644
--- a/public/views/dashboard.html
+++ b/public/views/dashboard.html
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@
                         const deleteButton = document.createElement('a');
                         deleteButton.className = 'btn btn-danger';
                         deleteButton.innerHTML = 'Delete Post';
+                        deleteButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
+                            if (confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this post?')) {
+                                $.ajax({
+                                    url: `/api/blog/delete/${post.slug}`,
+                                    type: 'DELETE',
+                                    success: () => {
+                                        window.location.reload();
+                                    }
+                                });
+                            }
+                        });
                         const editButtonContainer = document.createElement('div');
                         editButtonContainer.className = 'btn-group';
                         editButtonContainer.appendChild(editButton);
diff --git a/routes/blog.js b/routes/blog.js
index 8a8cb19..29dbb65 100644
--- a/routes/blog.js
+++ b/routes/blog.js
@@ -53,6 +53,26 @@ router.put("/update/:slug", (req, res) => {
     });
 });
 
+router.delete("/delete/:slug", (req, res) => {
+  const store = firebase.firestore();
+  let query = store.collection("posts");
+  query = query.where("slug", "==", req.params.slug);
+  query
+    .get()
+    .then(function (querySnapshot) {
+      querySnapshot.forEach(function (doc) {
+        doc.ref.delete();
+      });
+    })
+    .then(() => {
+      res.json({ success: true });
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      res.json({ success: false, err });
+    });
+});
+
+
 router.post("/new", (req, res) => {
   const { title, content, tags, publishDate, shortText, slug } = req.body;
   const store = firebase.firestore();