Node authentication API

Node.js and MongoDB API for authentication with JSON Web Tokens

Quick start

Installing the dependencies

$ npm install

Run server for development

$ npm run server # Runs on http://localhost:5000

Run server

$ npm start

Database connection

To connect to MongoDB you need to create a config.env file in the /config directory of the project. The file should have a format like this:

MONGO_URI=YOUR_CONNECTION_STRING
NODE_ENV=development
SECRET_KEY=MYSECRETKEY

API endpoints

• POST /api/users/: Registers a new user

• POST /api/auth/: Authenticates user and generates token

• GET /api/auth/current: Gets current user (requires json web token)

User registration

Send POST request to /api/users/ with a JSON body like this:

{
  "email": "email@email.com",
  "username": "yourusername",
  "password": "123456"
}

User authentication

Send POST request to /api/auth with a JSON body like this:

{
  "email": "email@email.com",
  "password": "123456"
}

Protected routes

For protected routes you need to add your token to the Authorization HTTP header.

For example:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN

Application info

Version

1.0.0

Author

Andres Aguilar Moya