README.md

JWT token auth

Very simple authentification and authorization application using JWT´s (JSON Web Token)

Prerequisites

Must have node and npm installed

How to use

Install node dependencies in your project root directory (this is where the 'package.json' file is located) using:

$ npm install

Start application with

$ node app.js

When started the application will start node-express web server on http:https://localhost:3033 by default. There are two main routes:

1. http:https://localhost:3033/restricted - routes that you can access if you have the right user permissions,
2. http:https://localhost:3033/login -route for authorization and authentification. This route requires you to send username and password fields through request body. If authenticated the user is responded with a JWT cookie and you can try to access routes under /restricted routes.

Restricted routes:

1. http:https://localhost:3033/restricted/1/api and http:https://localhost:3033/restricted/1/list can be accessed if the user claims has permissions = 1
2. http:https://localhost:3033/restricted/2/api and http:https://localhost:3033/restricted/2/list can be accessed if the user claims has permissions = 2
3. http:https://localhost:3033/restricted/3/api and http:https://localhost:3033/restricted/3/list can be accessed if the user claims has permissions = 3

This list of valid users can be found and modified at ./users/users.js.