This repo uses JSON Web Tokens and the jsonwebtoken package to implement token based authentication on a simple Node.js API.
This is a starting point to demonstrate the method of authentication by verifying a token using Express route middleware.
- node & npm
- ArangoDB
ArangoDB can be found here
Reference to setup ArangoDB
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Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/yvsssantosh/arango-with-node
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Install dependencies:
npm install
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Change SECRET in
config.js
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Add your own ArangoDB database name and collection name to
config.js
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Make sure your ArangoDB is up and running
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Start the server:
node server.js
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Create sample user by visiting:
http://localhost:5000/setup
Once everything is set up, we can begin to use our app by creating and verifying tokens.
Send a POST
request to http://localhost:5000/api/authenticate
with test user parameters as x-www-form-urlencoded
.
{
username: 'kurosaki',
password: 'ichigo'
}
Send a GET
request to http://localhost:5000/api/users
with a header parameter of x-access-token
and the token.
You can also send the token as a URL parameter: http://localhost:5000/api/users?token=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE
Or you can send the token as a POST parameter of token
.