Node Authentication in TypeScript

Using

• JWT (For Stateless Auth)
• Chai + Mocha (For Testing)
• Redis (For In-Memory DB)
• MongoDB + Mongoose (For Persistent DB)
• Express in TypeScript

To test this,

Run Docker Container

• Pull Docker Image

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ docker pull burningraven06/nodets-jwt-mongo-chai-rds

• Start Mongo Container

$ docker pull mongo
$ docker run --name <MONGO_INSTANCE> -d mongo

• Start Redis Container

$ docker pull redis
$ docker run --name <REDIS_INSTANCE> -d redis

# You may need to update your docker redis.conf

• Start App & Link Containers

$ docker run --name <APP_INSTANCE> --link <MONGO_INSTANCE_NAME>:mongo --link <REDIS_INSTANCE> -p 5000:4000 -d burningraven06/nodets-jwt-mongo-chai-rds

# Visit localhost:5000 

Run App Locally

Create Necessary Files

• Create DBKeys

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ touch src/keys/dbKeys.ts

• Update DBKEys

const dbKeys = {
  mongoLocalUrl : <YOUR_MONGODB_URI>,
  mongoDockerURL : ""
}

export default dbKeys

• Create JWTSecrets

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ touch src/keys/jwtSecret.ts

• Update JWTSecrets

const jwtKeys = {
  tokenSecret : <YOUR_TOKEN_SECRET>,
  resfreshTokenSecret : <YOUR_REFRESHTOKEN_SECRET>
}

export default jwtKeys

• Update src/app.ts

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai/src/   #Open app.ts

#Change Line 25
mongoDBConfig.dockerSetup()

# to
mongoDBConfig.localSetup()

• Update src/controllers/user/authenticate.ts

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai/src/controllers/user/   #Open authenticate.ts

#Change Line 9
var redisDB = redis.createClient(6379, "redis")

# to 
var redisDB = redis.createClient(6379, "localhost")

• Update src/controllers/user/refreshToken.ts

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai/src/controllers/user/   #Open refreshToken.ts

#Change Line 7
var redisDB = redis.createClient(6379, "redis")

# to 
var redisDB = redis.createClient(6379, "localhost")

INSTALL PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ yarn install
# or with npm

$ npm install

RUN TESTS

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ yarn run watch-test-ts

RUN APP in DEV Mode

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ yarn run watch-ts
$ yarn run watch-js

RUN IN PROD Mode

$ cd nodets-mongojwt-chai
$ yarn start