Authentication Microservice. [REST]

JWT

JWT for authentication. This requires a key. H256 algo will be used to generate the signature.

JWT has the following components

1. Header [base64 encoded]
2. Payload [base64 encoded]
3. Signature [combination of header and payload hashed using a private key]

Swagger

This will be used for Documenting the API

Schema for the User

1. Email
2. Full Name
3. Password hash
4. Username
5. CreateDate

Things Learnt[Covered in Article] :-

1. Using Gorilla MUX for Routing and Subroutes
2. Implementing my own JWT Logic
3. Creation of Modules and handling module specific data
4. Writing Handlers for Sign In and Sign Up
5. Creating Middleware
6. Containerize the Application using Docker

Running the Hashed Command

curl http://localhost:9090/auth/signin --header 'Email:[email protected]' --header 'Passwordhash:hashedme1'

curl http://localhost:9090/auth/signup --request POST --header 'Email:[email protected]' --header 'Passwordhash:hashedme1' --header 'Username:user77' --header 'Fullname:test user'