INITIAL SETUP

1. YOU MUST CREATE A MYSQL DATABASE

• "CREATE TABLE Users (Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, Username VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL UNIQUE, Password VARCHAR(35) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (Id));"
• "INSERT INTO Users VALUES(NULL,'Admin','Password');"

2. YOU MUST CHANGE "template.api.properties" to "api.properties"
3. YOU MUST MODIFY "api.properties"

• MODIFY THE "db.*" PROPERTIES TO POINT TO YOUR DATABASE
• MODIFY THE "jwt.secret" TO ANY VAlID SECRET (check out jsonwebtoken api)

TESTING

1. RUN THE APPLICATION

• npm start

2. VERIFY THE SERVICES "/public/*" WORK

• USING SOME RESTful TESTING TOOL (I use Postman)
  • POST TO ADDRESS: "http://localhost:3000/public/login" WITH THE JSON OBJECT:
    • {username:'Admin', password:'Admin'}
    • THIS RETURNS A JSON OBJECT CONTAINING A TOKEN VALUE in "content"."token"
  • ADD HEADER "Authorization" AND SET ITS VALUE TO "Bearer xxx" WHERE 'xxx' IS THE ABOVE TOKEN VALUE
  • DELETE TO ADDRESS: "http://localhost:3000/private/update"
    • THIS WILL DELETE THE USER THAT HAD GIVEN THE SPECIFIED TOKEN