README.md

Server.js JWT Example

An example on how to use Server.js with JWT authentication.

Quick Start

• npm install
• copy example-config.js to config.js
• update config.js with the correct details
• npm start

Setup

Home Route

The default page is unauthenticated by default. And returns a simple login form that shows how the login works.

Authenticating a user

POST http://localhost:3000/login

{
    "username": "john.doe",
    "password": "foobar"
}

This will return the token as an object:

{
    "token": "some.crazy.string"
}

You can then access protected routes behind the authentication middleware:

GET http://localhost:3000/protected

{
    message: 'hello! thanks for the token',
    user: {
        id: 123,
        email: 'admin@admin.com',
        first_name: 'Admin',
        last_name: 'Account',
    },
}

Coding style

Airbnb has an excellent style guide for ES6. We will follow the guide and adhere to the recommended coding style.

ESLint

We will use ESLint with Airbnb style and pre-parse our code to detect violations of the style.

Commands

Run

npm start

License

MIT