OTP generation and email verification (Backend)

[ashishkarki]

OTP Generation and Email Integration

1. Adding OTP Generation

• To further secure the registration flow, we can implement an OTP (One-Time Password) mechanism.

• OTP Flow:

  • Generate an OTP upon user registration.
  • Store the OTP in the database along with an expiration time.
  • Send the OTP to the user via email.
  • Provide a verification endpoint where the user can input the OTP to verify their email.

• Tools for OTP Generation:

  • Use libraries like otp-generator for generating OTPs in Node.js

[ashishkarki]

finally got most of it working in its branch and merged into develop. next will move to password hashing, input validation etc