login-server-express

login-server-lambda

An Express application for the Login Server!

This module gives the Express backend server for the LOGIN functionality. It returns the express application which is set up with the following:

API endpoints

1. /login: For login of users.
2. /register: To register new users.
3. /validate: To validate the email of new users.
4. /forgotpassword: To send a reset mail to the registered email address of the user.
5. /resetpassword: To handle reset password functionality.

CORS

CORS is setup with:

• Access-Control-Allow-Origin: Allows http://localhost:3000 & process.env.APP_CLIENTURL.
• Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET / POST are allowed.
• Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: set to TRUE (needed for sending AUTHORIZATION header).

Rate Limiter

Rate Limiting of each IP to 100 requests per 15 minutes.

MongoDB Connection

Connect to MongoDB using Mongoose by specifying the Database in process.env.APP_DB.

Reset Password Mail

The Reset Password API endpoint will send out a mail if the details provided are correct. It uses process.env.APP_EMAIL, process.env.APP_PASSWORD, process.env.APP_RESETEMAIL & process.env.APP_RESETLINK.

User's Email Validation Mail

The Register API endpoint will send out a validation mail if the details provided are correct. It uses process.env.APP_EMAIL, process.env.APP_PASSWORD, process.env.APP_RESETEMAIL & process.env.APP_VALIDATELINK.

Environment Variables expected by the module

These variables should be stored in Environment Variables, and will be accessible to the module in the form process.env.APP_DB. Node.js platform will do this by default.

• APP_DB: The MongoDB URI used to connect to the DB.
• APP_SECRETORKEY: A Secret key for generating random strings to be used as JWTs (JSON Web Tokens).
• APP_EMAIL: Email from which you want to send mail.
• APP_PASSWORD: Password for the above APP_EMAIL.
• APP_RESETEMAIL: The Email that is displayed in the 'From' field in the mail sent.
• APP_RESETLINK: Link to reset password. For e.g., https://www.myapp.com/reset-password
• APP_VALIDATELINK: Link to validate email for a new user. For e.g., https://www.myapp.com/validate-email
• APP_CLIENTURL: The URL of your Client application which will connect to this server. For e.g., https://www.myapp.com

Usage

For a demo, check out the repo of my Notes App!