node-jwt-auth

Authenticated JSON API with Node.js, Express, JWT

Test

Run all unit tests with npm test.

Run specific unit test with mocha test/<testfile>.js (if mocha is globally available).

Front end

Gets along well with React-JWT-Authentication-Redux-Router which is a React.js boilerplate front end with Redux.

Resource routes

Authentication resources

METHOD	URI	MIDDLEWARE	FAILCODE	SUCCESSCODE INPUT	OUTPUT
POST	/session	-	500/403	200 email, password, (remember)	{user: {id, email, name, role}, auth: {token, (code, id)}}
POST	/session/refresh	user	500	200 -	{user: {id, email, name, role}, auth: {token, (code, id)}}
DELETE	/session	user	500	200 -	{message}

User resources

METHOD	URI	MIDDLEWARE	FAILCODE	SUCCESSCODE	INPUT	OUTPUT
GET	/users	user	500/400	200	?q=&startFrom=&limit=100 (15 default, max is 100)	[{name email role category createdAt updatedAt id}, ... ]
GET	/users/:id	admin	500	200	-	{email, name, phone, id, role, category: {id, name, parent}}
POST	/users/:id	admin	422	200	email, role, name, phone category	{email, name, phone, id, role, category: {id, name, parent}}
POST	/users/invites	admin	500/400	201	email, name, phone, category	{email, name, phone, id, role, category: {id, name, parent}}
POST	/users/password/:invitecode/activate	-	500/422	200	password (8-100 chars)	{email, name, phone, id, role, category: {id, name, parent}}
POST	/users/password	-	500	200	email	{message: 'Password change request sent'}
DELETE	/users/:id	admin	500	200	The user ID to 'remove'	{message: 'The user has been inactivated'}