Node.js Express Login example with MongoDB

 By DEV Community - 2020-12-27

Description

In this tutorial, we're gonna build a Node.js & MongoDB example that supports User Authentication... Tagged with node, javascript, security, webdev.

Summary

  • Token Based Authentication Comparing with Session-based Authentication that need to store Session on Cookie, the big advantage of Token-based Authentication is that we store the JSON Web Token (JWT) on Client side: There are three important parts of a JWT: Flow for Signup & Login with JWT Authentication A legal JWT must be added to HTTP x-access-token Header if Client accesses protected resources.
  • Controllers interact with MongoDB Database via Mongoose library and send HTTP response (token, user information, data based on roles...) to Client.

 

Topics

  1. Mobile (0.27)
  2. Frontend (0.21)
  3. Backend (0.21)

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