SE701-T5 / Backend

Heroku deployed Node.js backend server developed by Team-5 for the UniForum project associated with the University of Auckland SOFTENG 701 course

https://uni-forum.herokuapp.com/

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Implement user authentication #68

Closed R055A closed 2 years ago

R055A commented 2 years ago

Description

Implement user authentication

add authorization verification to existing features for logged-in users
add user login feature
add authorization verification to API gateway
add test cases for user authentication
apply user authentication changes to existing test cases
add authorization token to user schema
add missing documentation, improve existing documentation
improve configuration

gnerating authorization token hex strings is resourced from how-to-generate-random-hex-string-in-javascript

Related Issue

Solves #21

Type of change

[x] New feature (enhancement)

How Has This Been Tested?

Multiple new test cases for testing user authentication and changes for user authentication applied to more existing test cases

[x] Automated testing

Checklist:

[x] Does a similar (open or closed) pull request not already exist?
[x] Is the pull request head repository a fork repository?
[x] Is the pull request compare branch a development branch?
[x] Is the code documented, particularly in hard-to-understand areas?
[x] Does the code build without new warnings?
[x] Has testing been performed that proves changes are effective and work?
[x] Has a self- and/or peer-review of the code been performed?
[x] Does all new and existing automated testing pass?
[x] Is the person responsible for the repository assigned to the pull request?
[x] Is the pull request linked to a project?
[x] Is the pull request linked to a milestone?

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