Node Auth

Example node authentication app with jwt

Installation

1. git clone https://github.com/gmoralesc/node-auth
2. cd node-auth
3. Create a .env file in the root directory with this content

SERVER_HOSTNAME=127.0.0.1
SERVER_PORT=3000
DATABASE_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1/nodeauth
JWTSECRET=rickandmorty

Replace secret wth the actual secret key

4. npm install
5. npm start

API Routes

Signup

url:

http://localhost:3000/api/users/signup

method:

POST

body:

{
  "firstname": "Gustavo",
  "lastname": "Morales",
  "email": "gustavo.morales@gmail.com",
  "password": "PASSWORD"
}

response:

{
  "success": true,
  "item": {
    "name": "Gustavo",
    "lastname": "Morales",
    "email": "gustavo.morales@gmail.com",
  },
  "meta": {
    "token": "JWT-TOKEN"
  }
}

Signin

url:

http://localhost:3000/api/users/signin

method:

POST

body:

{
  "email": "gustavo.morales@gmail.com",
  "password": "PASSWORD"
}

response:

{
  "success": true,
  "item": {
    "name": "Gustavo",
    "lastname": "Morales",
    "email": "gustavo.morales@gmail.com",
  },
  "meta": {
    "token": "JWT-TOKEN"
  }
}

Profile protected route

url:

http://localhost:3000/api/users/profile

method:

GET

The JSON Web Token can be send as any of the following options:

header:

Authorization: JWT-TOKEN

query param:

token=JWT-TOKEN

body:

{
  "token": "JWT-TOKEN"
}

response:

{
  "success": true,
  "item": {
    "firstname": "Gustavo",
    "lastname": "Morales",
    "email": "gustavo.morales@gmail.com",
  }
}

Replace JWT-TOKEN with the actual token generated in Signup route