Spring Boot JWT Authentication

This is a Spring Boot project demonstrating JWT (JSON Web Token) authentication.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
• Configuration
• Usage
• Endpoints

Introduction

This project showcases how to implement JWT authentication in a Spring Boot application. It provides endpoints for user registration and authentication using JWT tokens.

Features

• User registration and login with JWT authentication
• JWT token generation and authentication
• Stateless authentication using JWT
• Customizable security configuration
• Session management

• Password encryption using BCrypt
• Role-based authorization with Spring Security

Requirements

• Java Development Kit (JDK) 17 or higher
• Maven 3 or higher
• MySQL or any other database for storing user data

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/AtulSingh11-0/jwt-SpringBoot.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd jwt-SpringBoot

3. Build the project:

   mvn clean install

Configuration

1. Configure the database connection in application.properties:

   spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydatabase
   spring.datasource.username=myuser
   spring.datasource.password=mypassword

2. Configure other application properties as needed.

Usage

1. Run the application:

   mvn spring-boot:run

   Your application will be live and runnning at http://localhost:8080.

2. Access the endpoints as described in the Endpoints section.

Endpoints

• POST /api/v1/auth/register: Register a new user.
• POST /api/v1/auth/login: Authenticate a user and generate JWT token.
• GET /api/v1/demo/hello: This route can only be accessed after authentication
• GET /api/v1/unsecured/hello: This route doesnt need any authentication to be accessed