API Architecture
- RESTful API design with Django REST Framework
- JWT authentication with HttpOnly cookie refresh tokens
- Granular role permissions (Admin, Editor, Author, Viewer)
- Pre-signed S3 URLs for secure, direct-to-cloud uploads
- Full-text search on posts with PostgreSQL tsvector
Security Patterns
- Token blacklisting on logout
- Rate limiting per endpoint
- Input validation and sanitization
- SQL injection prevention via Django ORM