Passport JWT Authentication

It performs basic operation with Client-Server Architecture as mentioned below:

• Routing
• DB Operations using mongoose
• Passport-JWT Bearer Authentication

Tech Stack

• [node.js] - evented I/O for the backend
• [Express] - fast node.js network app framework
• nodemon.io - process will automatically restart when your code changes
• [jQuery] - client-side scripting of HTML
• mongoDB.com - No-SQL DB with mongoose ODM

Pre-requisites Installation

* NodeJS - https://nodejs.org/en/
* MongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com/download-center/community

Steps to run application

1. Clone the repository

2. Start mongodb server from another terminal using command:

   $ mongod

3. Install the dependencies and start the server.

   $ npm install
   $ npm start

4. Launch the browser - http://localhost:8000/

Run the test using Postman

• Register new user using Post request with json - http://localhost:8000/addUser

  { "name": "Test", "email": "test@gmail.com", "password": "test" }

  

• Login with newly created user & valid credentials to generate JWT token:

  {"user_email": "test@gmail.com", "password": "test"}

  

• Use the token to view all the users registered on the system.

  • Token should be passed in header with "Bearer " prepend as shown in below screenshot

  • Try altering the token by deleting or adding few characters and notice the difference in response.