Lab 16 - Basic Auth

To Submit this Assignment

• fork this repository
• write all of your code in a directory named lab- + <your name> e.g. lab-brian
• push to your repository
• submit a pull request to this repository
• submit a link to your PR in canvas
• write a question and observation on canvas

Include

• package.json
• .eslintrc
• gulpfile.js
• .gitignore
• .env
• README.md

Description

• Create the following directories to organize your code:
  • lib
  • model
  • route
  • test
• Create an HTTP server using express
• Using mongoose, create a User model with the following properties and options:
  • username - required and unique
  • email - required and unique
  • password - required - this must be hashed and can not stored as plain text
  • findHash - unique
• Use the npm debug module to log function calls that are used within your application
• Use the express Router to create a custom router for allowing users to sign up and sign in
• Use the npm dotenv module to house the following environment variables:
  • PORT
  • MONGODB_URI
  • APP_SECRET (used for signing and verify tokens)

Server Endpoints

/api/signup

• POST request
  • the client should pass the username and password in the body of the request
  • the server should respond with a token (generated using jwt and findHash
  • the server should respond with 400 Bad Request to a failed request

/api/signin

• GET request
  • the client should pass the username and password to the server using a Basic: authorization header
  • the server should respond with a token for authenticated users
  • the server should respond with 401 Unauthorized for non-authenticated users

Tests

• Create a test that will ensure that your API returns a status code of 404 for any routes that have not been registered
• /api/signup
  • POST - test 400, if no request body has been provided or the body is invalid
  • POST - test 200, if the request body has been provided and is valid
• /api/signin
• GET - test 401, if the user could not be authenticated
• GET - test 200, responds with token for a request with a valid basic authorization header