Expressjs Authentication REST APIs with JWT Token

Project technologies/tools

• Node.js
• Express.js
• NODEMON
• JWT
• BCRYPTJS
• JOI
• DOTENV
• MYSQL2
• Postman

Project setup

npm init

Install dependencies

npm install express

npm install nodemon

npm install jsonwebtoken

npm install bcryptjs

npm install joi

npm install dotenv

npm install mysql2

app.js

• Create app.js file

Compiles and hot-reloads for development using nodemon

nodemon app.js

Customize configuration

• See Configuration Reference.

Postman

• See Postman.

MySQL

• See MySQL.

JWT

• See JWT.

BCRYPTJS

• See BCRYPTJS.

JOI

• See JOI.

DOTENV

• See DOTENV.

MYSQL2

• See MYSQL2.

Expressjs

• See Expressjs.

Nodejs

• See Nodejs.

Nodemon

• See Nodemon.