Build a complete JWT Authentication REST API using Node.js, MongoDB & Express.js
What you'll learn
- Build a complete JWT Authentication API
- What Model-Route-Controller is and how it works
- How Access Tokens & Refresh Tokens work
- Create Environmental Variables
- Validate Input on Server-Side
- Setting Up MongoDB Atlas & Community Server
- Setting Up Express API Server
- Login & Registration Functionality
- Email Confirmation & Password Reset Functionality
- Email Change Functionality
Requirements
- Basic JavaScript knowledge
Description
Learn key API and JWT concepts to get you up to speed with the benefits of setting up modern JSON Web Token authentication through a microservice. Covering:
- What is API and how does it work?
- What is JWT and how does it work?
- Setting Up MongoDB Atlas & Community Server
- Setting Up Express API Server
- Model-Route-Controller Design Pattern Implementation
- Access Token Verification Middleware
- Refresh Token Functionality
- Login & Registration Functionality
- Email Confirmation & Password Reset Functionality
- Email Change Functionality
1. Complete beginner to API & JWT concepts – You will learn what API and JWT is, how they work and how you can practically implement them into a fully functional microservice that can be integrated with any front-end and back-end.
2. Useful resources – You will get useful PDF resources and code templates as you move towards progressing through the lectures. The PDF files will be in form of quick explanation guides and the code templates will include the previous functional code and code snippets.
3. Real-world challenges – At the end of some section you will be given at least one mini challenge to extend the functionality of the API before moving onto the next section, just to push you a little further when it comes to self-teaching and learning new things.
4. Advanced concepts & security - You will build an API that is completely secure and takes into consideration security holes and insecure practices. This will help all beginners, intermediate and advanced programmers to build a secure back-end and front-end integration.
5. Ask me anything – I understand that you may have questions about any aspect of the course, therefore I am more than happy to answer any questions in Q&A section within a very timely manner!
Who this course is for:
- Beginners who are building their first authentication API
- Intermediate & Advanced students who want to improve the structure and security of their authentication API
