Summary

• template for a express/react/mongo app with passport/JWT user authentication and working signup/login/logout forms

Features

• uses my express-react-mongo-template at https://github.com/NeedsAUsername/express-react-mongo-template
  • Connected React
  • Connected MongoDB
  • Set Up User Auth in Express with JWT and Passport
  • Set Up User Authentication in React side
    • login/signup/logout forms working
    • stores token in local storage and include in header
    • fetches user on app mount if local storage has token

Setup

$ npm install

$ npm run client-install

create an .env file at root with the following (to access database):

MONGO_URI="yourMongoURIHere"

to start Express server: $ npm run server

to start React server: $ npm run client

to start both servers: $ npm run dev