Spring Authentication with JWT and MySQL

Simple Spring authentication Project with JWT and MySQL for learning purpose

How to setup

Create a mysql database for example with Docker:

docker run -d -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret -e MYSQL_DATABASE=taskdb --name mysqldb -p 3307:3306 mysql:8.0

This command generates a mysql container with the root password secret

How to start

Open the project directory and run following command:

mvn spring-boot:run

This will start the Spring Application

Enpoints overview:

POST /auth/register

Request:

{
    "fullName": "John Doe",
    "email": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "password": "password"
}

Response:

{
  "user": {
    "id": "fda77ad1-4575-40c1-9ff4-be9f3a01da8e",
    "fullName": "John Doe",
    "email": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "createdAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
    "updatedAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
    "enabled": true,
    "authorities": [],
    "username": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "credentialsNonExpired": true,
    "accountNonExpired": true,
    "accountNonLocked": true
  },
  "token": "TOKEN",
  "expiresIn": 3600000
}

POST /auth/login

Request:

{
    "email": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "password": "password"
}

Response:

{
  "user": {
    "id": "fda77ad1-4575-40c1-9ff4-be9f3a01da8e",
    "fullName": "John Doe",
    "email": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "createdAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
    "updatedAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
    "enabled": true,
    "authorities": [],
    "username": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "credentialsNonExpired": true,
    "accountNonExpired": true,
    "accountNonLocked": true
  },
  "token": "TOKEN",
  "expiresIn": 3600000
}

GET /users

Request: Header with Bearer Authorization Response:

[
  {
    "id": "fda77ad1-4575-40c1-9ff4-be9f3a01da8e",
    "fullName": "John Doe",
    "email": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "createdAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
    "updatedAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
    "enabled": true,
    "authorities": [],
    "username": "johndoe@mail.com",
    "credentialsNonExpired": true,
    "accountNonExpired": true,
    "accountNonLocked": true
  }
]

GET /users/me

Request: Header with Bearer Authorization Response:

{
  "id": "fda77ad1-4575-40c1-9ff4-be9f3a01da8e",
  "fullName": "John Doe",
  "email": "johndoe@mail.com",
  "createdAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
  "updatedAt": "2025-05-26T22:35:02.652+00:00",
  "enabled": true,
  "authorities": [],
  "username": "johndoe@mail.com",
  "credentialsNonExpired": true,
  "accountNonExpired": true,
  "accountNonLocked": true
}