Simple Node (Express) Authentication

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• MySQL

Installation

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone [email protected]:johnull/user-auth-system.git
cd user-auth-system

Install dependencies:

npm install

Create a .env file in the root directory with the following content:

PORT=3000
DATABASE_PASS=your_database_password
DATABASE_USER=your_database_user
DATABASE_NAME=your_database_name
DATABASE_HOST=localhost
SERVER_SECRET=your_jwt_secret

Start the server:

npm start

Usage

To create user table, run node scripts/create_database.js

To register a new user, navigate to /register and fill out the registration form.

To login, navigate to /login and enter your email and password.

To get the user profile, send a GET request to /api/profile with the JWT token in the Authorization header:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-jwt-token>" http://localhost:3000/api/profile

Example Response

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "$2b$10$.QQcVwuMiB5KD5KhWa/ka.O.EGAOoPuZMZTlEqOIFFIInIMBp0ivu"
}

Routes

* GET /login: Renders the login page.
* POST /login: Authenticates the user and returns a JWT token.
* GET /register: Renders the registration page.
* POST /register: Registers a new user.
* GET /api/profile: Returns the authenticated user's profile. Requires JWT token.

After logging in, you will receive a JWT token that you can use to access protected routes.