User Authentication System

Overview

This project is a User Authentication System built using Express.js, Handlebars (hbs), Mongoose, bcrypt, and JSON Web Tokens (JWT). It provides features for user signup, login, profile management, password reset, account deletion, and more.

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Project Structure

        ├───bin
        │   └───www
        ├───controllers
        │   ├───user.controller.js
        │   └───index.js
        ├───helper
        │   ├───db.helper.js
        │   ├───token.helper.js
        │   └───index.js
        ├───middlewares
        │   ├───auth.middleware.js
        │   ├───loggedIn.middleware.js
        │   └───signup.middleware.js
        ├───model
        │   ├───user.model.js
        │   └───index.js
        ├───public
        │   ├───javascripts
        │   └───stylesheets
        ├───routes
        │   └───index.js
        ├───services
        │   └───index.js
        │   └───user.service.js
        └───views
            ├───form
            ├───layouts
            ├───pages
            └───partials
            ├───index.hbs
            └───error.hbs
    

Features

• Signup: Allows users to create a new account with email and password. Validates input fields including password complexity.
• Login: Users can securely login using their credentials. Passwords are hashed and compared for authentication.
• JWT Authentication: Implements JSON Web Token (JWT) based authentication for session management.
• Profile Management: Users can view and update their profile information such as name, email, batch, etc.
• Password Reset: Provides functionality for users to reset their password securely.
• Account Deletion: Allows users to delete their account permanently.
• Middleware: Utilizes middleware for authentication and authorization purposes.
• Popup Modal: Implements AJAX requests to perform actions like updating profile and deleting account without refreshing the page.

Technologies Used

• Express.js: Node.js web application framework used for building the backend.
• Handlebars (hbs): Template engine for generating HTML markup.
• Mongoose: Object Data Modeling (ODM) library for MongoDB and Node.js.
• bcrypt: Password hashing library for securely storing passwords.
• JSON Web Tokens (JWT): Standard for securely transmitting information between parties.
• Ajax: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML for performing asynchronous requests.

Signup page

Login page

Profile page

Updating details

Updating password

Deleting Account

Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>

2. Install dependencies:

   cd <project-directory>
   npm install

3. Set up environment variables:

   • Create a .env file in the project root.
   • Add environment variables like PORT, MONGO_URI, etc.

4. Start the server:

   npm start

Usage

• Access the application at http://localhost:3000
• Sign up for a new account or log in if you already have one.
• Update your profile, reset your password, or delete your account from the profile page.

Credits

• This project was created by codingadventure0 [Abhishek Kumar].
• Special thanks to the contributors and open-source community for their valuable contributions.