AliiMahmoud / Node-API-jwt-authentication

Node.js API Practice App with JWT Authentication and MongoDB

NodeJS API App with JWT Authentication

API CRUD Node APP (Express + MongoDB) with JWT auth.

This app Performs API CRUD operations on mongodb movies database.

   - Authorization/Generate access token
   - CRUD on movies/theater
   - CRUD on movie's comment  

Setting things

To get the Node server running:

• Download Node.js here
• npm install to install all required dependencies
• Install MongoDB instructions

Documentation

• Swagger
• README
  • Authorization
  • Endpoints
  • Responses

Project Overview

Application Structure src/

• app.js - The entry point to the application. This file defines our express server, requires the routers and some middlewares.
• db.js - This file connects the app to MongoDB using MongoDB node.js driver
• routers/ - Folder contains the route definitions for the app.
• middlewares/ - Folder contains our middlewares to handle some requests (jwt, error handler).
• controllers/ - This folder contains main controllers.
• models/ - This folder contains the data models.
• models/modelname/schema - This file contain JOI's data validation schema for every data model.

Dependencies

[
    "dotenv", "express", "express-jwt", "joi", "jsonwebtoken", "md5", "mongodb", "morgan", "swagger-ui-express"
]

• express - The server for handling and routing requests
• mongodb - The official MongoDB driver for Node.js.
• jsonwebtoken - For generating JWTs used by authentication
• express-jwt - Middleware for validating JWTs for authentication
• Joi - A schema description language and data validator for JS.
• dotenv - A module to load environment variables from a .env file into process.env
• morgan - Request logger middleware
• swagger-ui-express - Swagger package for API documentation

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Useful Resources

• JWT Handbook - To understand how JWT works
• Express middlewares - To use middlewares as documented
• Joi Documentation
• Using MongoDB Driver with Node
• Swagger editor