User manager (MongoDB version)

A user management and authentication microservice.

User data is stored in a MongoDB database and accessed using Mongoose. Interaction with user records is achieved via a REST API, built using Express.

For more information, see this Medium article

API

Route	Method	query/body	Description
/	GET	-	Show application configuration
/users	GET	limit	Get the list of users
/users	POST	user properties	Creates a user. Mandatory properties are username (or email_address) and password
/users/{user_id}	GET	-	Get the user with the given user ID. Use 'self' for user currently logged in
/users/{user_id}	DELETE	-	Delete user with the given user ID. Use 'self' for user currently logged in
/users/{user_id}	PATCH	new user properties	Update user with the given user ID. Use 'self' for user currently logged in
/users/{user_id}/password	PUT	current password, new_password, new_password_confirm	Update the password of user with the given user ID. Use 'self' for user currently logged in
/auth/login	POST	username, password	Login, returns a jwt

Environment variables

Variable	Description
MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING	The connection string for the MongoDB database
JWT_SECRET	Secret used to sign Tokens
ADMIN_USERNAME	The default username for the administrator account, defaults to 'admin'
ADMIN_PASSWORD	The default password for the administrator account, defaults to 'admin'
ALLOW_REGISTRATION	Allows unregistered users to create an account
SMTP_HOST	Host of the SMTP server (only used for registration)
SMTP_PORT	PORT of the SMTP server (only used for registration)
SMTP_USERNAME	Username for the SMTP server (only used for registration)
SMTP_PASSWORD	Password for the SMTP server (only used for registration)
SMTP_FROM	E-mail from (only used for registration)