README.md

User Authentication System

An example of secured user authentication using Mongodb, Express.

API endpoints

Route	Request method	Description
/api/user/signup	POST	Create a new user account
/api/verify/:token	GET	Verify the email of a user account
/api/user/login	POST	Log in to a user account
/api/user/:id	PUT	Update user account
/api/user/:id	DELETE	Delete user account
/api/forgotpassword	POST	Send password reset link email of a user account
/api/resetpassword/:token	GET	A password resetting form to change password of the email (signed in the jwt token)
/api/resetpassword/:token	POST	Send new password and change the user account password

Folder structure

├──controller
|   ├──userSignUp.js
|   ├──verificationHandler.js
|   ├──userLoginHandler.js
|   ├──updateUser.js
|   ├──deleteUser.js
|   ├──forgotPasswordHandler.js
|   └──resetPasswordHandler.js
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├──lib
|  ├──index.js
|  └──verifyEmail.js
|
├──middlewares
|  ├──checkAuth.js
|  ├──verifyId.js
|  └──rateLimiterFlexible.js
|
├──models
|  └──user.js
|
├──routes
|  ├──forgotpassword.js
|  ├──resetpassword.js
|  ├──verify.js
|  └──user.js
|
├──index.js
├──package.json
├──README.md

Security feature

1. User input validation
2. DDOS, Bruteforce and password attack protection
3. Prevention of unauthorized user account update and delete.

Improvements and updates

Feel free to make any changes and a pull request.