Node Token Authentication
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.
Requirements
- node and npm
Usage
- Clone the repo:
git clone git@github.com:scotch-io/node-token-authentication - Install dependencies:
npm install - Change SECRET in
config.js - Add your own MongoDB database to
config.js - Start the server:
node server.js - Create sample user by visiting:
http://localhost:8080/setup
Once everything is set up, we can begin to use our app by creating and verifying tokens.
Getting a Token
Send a POST request to http://localhost:8080/api/authenticate with test user parameters as x-www-form-urlencoded.
{
name: 'Nick Cerminara',
password: 'password'
}
Verifying a Token and Listing Users
Send a GET request to http://localhost:8080/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:8080/api/users?token=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE
Or you can send the token as a POST parameter of token.