authentication-node

A jwt based Authetication flow implemented in Nodejs.

run npm install

Then use nodemon to start up development server

Routes

• /users/signup/

  • pass email and password in request body
  1. Creates a collection in your mongo database
  2. The password is hashed before storage
  3. A token is signed

  example :

   {
        "email" : "[email protected]",
        "password" : "password"
   }
  

  returns the token as a response

• /users/signin/

  • pass email and password in request body example :

     {
          "email" : "[email protected]",
          "password" : "password"
     }
    

  returns the token as a response

• /users/secret/

  • pass a header called token : {the generated jwt token} example : returns success message as a reponse