dev-enviornment-applications / mdb-express-api

template for an express server with authentication

Express Template w/Authentication

Description

This is an express template with user authentication baked in ready to connect to your favorite front-end technology. It utilizes Passport, and jsonwebtoken for authentication purposes with basic auth routes for logging in and registering are already defined. Baked in is a forgot password feature that utilizes handlebars to send a template of your styling choice to the user with nodemailer.

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Table of Contents

• Installation Instructions
• Usage Information
• License
• Contribution Guidelines
• Test Instructions
• Questions

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Installation Instructions

Once cloned down you can cd into the back-end directory and run "npm install" to install all necessary dependencies

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Usage Information

There is an option on this repository that says "Use this template" by clicking this you can create a new repository that will have all of the files and folders of this repository to get you started.

NPM Commands

• npm start - This will start the server and the client simultaneously.
• npm run lint - This will run an eslint fix
• npm run data:import - This will run the seeder to seed the database.
• npm run data:destroy - This will run the seeder to destroy all data in the database.

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License

This project is utilizing the MIT license

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Contribution Guidelines

This project is fully open source, any pull requests for improvements will be reviewed.

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Questions

If there are further questions please contact me with the following.

Github - AndrewMorrow

Email: [email protected]