simple-authentication

A simple authentication app made with Express & Node.js

Install & Run

In one tab, run your MongoDB instance:

brew install mongodb
mongod

In another tab, run your server:

npm install
npm start

In a third tab, test the endpoints:

Register user (Returns an auth token)

curl -X POST -d '{"newEmail":"example@email.com", "password":"asdf"}' --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Accept: application/json" localhost:3000/auth

Login user (Returns an auth token)

curl -X POST -d '{"email":"example@email.com", "password":"asdf"}' --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Accept: application/json" localhost:3000/auth

Get user (Returns the user)

curl -X GET -d '{"token": "some-token"}' --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Accept: application/json" localhost:3000/user

Update user (Returns the user)

Optional: newEmail, newPassword

curl -X POST -d '{"token": "some-token", "newEmail": "new@email.com", "newPassword": "new-password"}' --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Accept: application/json" localhost:3000/user

Delete user (Returns nothing)

curl -X DELETE -d '{"token":"some-token"}' --header "Content-Type: application/json" --header "Accept: application/json" localhost:3000/user