GOLANG JWT AUTH API WITH REACT

• Using GIN has server and main tool
• Making a basic auth process from the JSON requests
• Creating cookies http/only for security
• Keeping the data on a postgres online database
• Learning and listening to some music while at it
• And at last but not least having some fun :}

SERVER

• GIN: deal with requests and responses, set cookies and the JWT token

ROUTES

• POST /v1/register --> github.com/zennon-sml/GJR2/controllers.Register (3 handlers)
• POST /v1/login --> github.com/zennon-sml/GJR2/controllers.Login (3 handlers)
• POST /v1/logout --> github.com/zennon-sml/GJR2/controllers.Logout (3 handlers)
• GET /v1/userauth --> github.com/zennon-sml/GJR2/controllers.UserAuth (3 handlers)

DATABASE

• POSTGRES: database hosted on ElephantSQL and also seted up a local postgres container

ORM

• GORM: object relational maping for the database

ENVIROMENT

• godotenv: way to get enviroment variables from .env

JWT

• JWT: go package to make a json web token

PASSWORD SAFETY

• BCRYPT: password encrypiting and decripter

POSTMAN

• POSTMAN: use for testing the back end with requests