BloggingAuthService

A REST API service to expose endpoints that allow users to Register, Login and make authenticated Requests to acess the blog articles.

1. An authservice REST API in Node JS:

• Database: MongoDb
• Backend: NodeJS and Express

to login/ authorize the user.

API endpoints allow users to:

• Register
• Log in

based on JWT tokens

2. A Blogging Service REST API in Node JS:

• Database: MongoDb
• Backend: NodeJS and Express

API endpoints allow users to:

• Read,
• Write,
• Update,
• Delete Blogs,
• search Blogs by Author Name.

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Authors

• Rohit Kumar @stenzr

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Tech Stack

Server: Express
Language: JavaScript
Database: MongoDb

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API Reference

Register a new user

  POST api/users/register

Parameter	Type	Description
username	string	Required. username to register
email	string	Required. email id of user
password	string	Required. password of the user
confirmPassword	string	Required. password of the user

Response codes

User Story	Response code	Type	Response Message
New user enters correct details expects registration	200	success	"Succesfully Registered"
User Enters an email which is already registered	400	failure	"Email already exists, try login"
User leaves the name blank	400	failure	"Name cannot be empty"
User leaves the e-mail blank	400	failure	"E-mail cannot be empty"
User enters and invalid e-mail	400	failure	"Email is invalid"
User leaves the password blank	400	failure	"Password field is required"
User leaves the confirm password blank	400	failure	"Confirm password field is required"
User Enters a password less than 8 characters	400	failure	"Password must be at least 8 characters"
User enters different password, confirm password	400	failure	"Passwords must match"

Sample Request

{
  "name": "Rohit Kumar",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "rohit_password1 ",
  "confirmPassword": "rohit_password1"
}

Sample Response

{
  "msg": "Succesfully Registered"
}

Login a user

  POST api/users/login

Parameter	Type	Description
email	string	Required. email id of user
password	string	Required. password of the user

Response codes

User Story	Response code	Type	Response Message
New user enters correct details expects login	200	success	"User successfully logged in"
User enters an email which is not registered	400	failure	"Email not found"
User enters a wrong password	400	failure	"Password Incorrect"
User leaves the e-mail blank	400	failure	"E-mail cannot be empty"
User enters and invalid e-mail	400	failure	"Email is invalid"
User leaves the password blank	400	failure	"Password field is required"
User Enters a password less than 8 characters	400	failure	"Password must be at least 8 characters"

Sample Request

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "rohit_password1 "
}

Sample Response

{
  "success": true,
  "msg": "User successfully logged in",
  "token": "Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjYyMjMzZDMxNTUxNDc3ZmFiYjBlNzZhNCIsIm5hbWUiOiJSb2hpdCBLdW1hciIsImlhdCI6MTY0NjQ4MjM1NCwiZXhwIjoxNjc4MDM5MjgwfQ.N8BUmTS2w82E3ORX4n9tv21r8AT9TT5I3I9-K6KqzSM"
}

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Build Details:

To build the project on your system

• Open your terminal in the required directory
  
  

• Clone the repository

  git clone [email protected]:stenzr/authService.git

• CD to the project directory

  cd authService

• Install the required modules

  npm install

• Start server

  nodemon run start

• The server starts on localhost:5000
  
  

• Use Postman to send request to the endpoints
  
  

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