Database Schema

Database Schema

users

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, primary key
name	string	not null, indexed
email	string	not null, indexed, unique
img_url	string	not null
password_digest	string	not null
session_token	string	not null, indexed, unique
created_at	datetime	not null
updated_at	datetime	not null

• index on username, unique: true
• index on session_token, unique: true

stories

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, primary key
title	string	not null
subtitle	string	not null
body	string	not null
image_url	string	not null
author_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
created_at	datetime	not null
updated_at	datetime	not null

• author_id references users
• index on author_id

comments

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, primary key
author_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
story_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
body	string	not null
created_at	datetime	not null
updated_at	datetime	not null

• author_id references users
• story_id references stories
• index on author_id
• index on story_id

followings

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, primary key
follower_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
followed_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
created_at	datetime	not null
updated_at	datetime	not null

• follower_id and followed_id references users
• index on [:follower_id, :followed_id], unique: true
• index on follower_id
• index on followed_id

claps

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, primary key
user_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
clapable_id	integer	not null, indexed, foreign key
clapable_type	string	not null
created_at	datetime	not null
updated_at	datetime	not null

• user_id references users
• clapable_id references stories or comments (polymorphic)
• index on [:clapable_id, :user_id], unique: true
• index on :user_id, unique: true