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foyzulkarim / mern-video-streaming

MERN Video Streaming is a cutting-edge, open-source platform for video streaming, offering a comprehensive, full-stack solution utilizing the latest MERN stack technologies.

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user authentication #83

Open aninda052 opened 1 year ago

aninda052 commented 1 year ago

This pr will close #35

server

user login and registration api added
hash password before storing in db using bcrypt package
add JWT based authentication system using jsonwebtoken package
setCurrentUser middleware is used for binding current user with request
loginRequired middleware will used for protected route
made /api/videos/update, /api/videos/delete and /api/videos/upload as protected route
store jwt token in cookies with httpOnly=true

client

integrate login and registration api
implement protected route
showing alert using global context & state
redirect anonymous user to login page and navigate them to their desire page after successful login.
after successful login, store user info in local storage