This module creates a simple authentication server using Express and MongoDB. It provides endpoints for user registration and login, and it supports JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for authentication. This module is designed to work seamlessly with react-easy-login and react-easy-register.

Features

• User registration and login
• Password hashing with bcrypt
• JWT-based authentication
• Dynamic schema creation based on user-defined fields
• CORS support
• Middleware for protected routes

Installation

To use this module, first install the necessary dependencies:

npm install express mongoose bcrypt jsonwebtoken body-parser cors

Usage

Here's how to create an authentication server using this module:

const createAuthServer = require('path/to/your/auth-server-module');

const serverConfig = {
  port: 5000, // Specify the port for the server
  mongoUri: 'mongodb://localhost:27017/yourdbname', // Replace with your MongoDB URI
  authFields: ['email', 'password'], // Specify authentication fields
  fields: ['name', 'email', 'password'], // Specify user fields
  jwtSecretKey: 'your_jwt_secret_key', // Replace with a strong secret key
};

createAuthServer(serverConfig);