Authentication in an Express app

• Implementing user authentication in an express app.

Technologies used

• Authentication done using jwt (json web token). Passwords are hashed using bcrypt. The API uses a MongoDB database.

Endpoints

URL	METHOD	DESCRIPTION
api/users/	POST (public)	register a user
api/users/login	POST (public)	logs in a user
api/users/me	GET (private)	gets the info of the logged in user

How to run

• Clone the repository on your local computer
• Do npm run install to install the required dependencies
• Set up your MongoDB collection
• Do npm run dev to start the API

Test the API with Postman