Api-base

Base project structure for a JWT based API with JSON login

How to set up

• Generate a secret for JWT generation and validation with openssl rand -base64 32. Insert the output in the .env file for SECRET_KEY.
• Adjust the database config in the .env file to match your database connection. Examples are included there.
• Run composer update to install all dependencies
• Run the bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate to insert the user table into your database
• Insert your first user to the database with your prefered tool

How to use

Login can be reached over /api/login.

Login format has to be

{
    "username": "<username>",
    "password": "<password>"
}

Returned will be JSON. It will contain the token wir an error.

The returned JWT has to be added to the X-AUTH-TOKEN header for each request which is protected.

Protected area is localed under /api/admin. There is an example controller action will is protected and can only be accessed witha valid JWT. The route will be /api/admin/example.