JWT Node.js example

Example application code for my blog post on implementing JWT based authentication in Node.js.

To run this application, first install dependencies:

npm install

Then, run the command:

node ./index

Now, using any HTTP client with support for cookies (like Postman, or your web browser) make a sign-in request with the appropriate credentials:

POST http://localhost:8000/signin

{"username":"user1","password":"password1"}

You can now try hitting the welcome route from the same client to get the welcome message:

GET http://localhost:8000/welcome

Hit the refresh route, and then inspect the clients cookies to see the new value of the token cookie:

POST http://localhost:8000/refresh