Users JWT Authentication

Users JWT Authentication using Refresh Token Rotation mechanism.

Getting started

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/shaikrasheed99/golang-user-jwt-authentication.git
cd golang-user-jwt-authentication/

Environment variables

For environment variables, create a .env file in home directory of this project.

DB_HOST="localhost"
DB_PORT=5432
DB_USER="postgres"
DB_PASSWORD="postgres"
DB_NAME="users"
JWT_SECRET="[jwt secret key]"
JWT_ISSUER="[issuer name]"
JWT_ACCESS_TOKEN_EXPIRATION_IN_MINUTES=10
JWT_REFRESH_TOKEN_EXPIRATION_IN_MINUTES=15

Localhost server

To start the localhost server, execute the below command in the terminal.

make run

API endpoints

Signup

Request

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:8080/signup' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "first_name": "Iron",
    "last_name": "Man",
    "username": "ironman123",
    "password": "ironman@123",
    "email": "ironman@gmail.com",
}'

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "OK",
    "message": "successfully saved user details",
    "data": null
}

Access Token and Refresh Token values would be returned through the httpOnly cookies.

Login

Request

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:8080/login' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "username": "ironman123",
    "password": "ironman@123"
}'

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "OK",
    "message": "successfully logged in",
    "data": null
}

Access Token and Refresh Token values would be returned through the httpOnly cookies.

Logout

Request

User needs to provide Access Token in the request header to access this api.

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:8080/logout' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [User's access Token]' \
--data '{
    "username": "ironman123"
}'

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "OK",
    "message": "successfully logged out",
    "data": null
}

Empty Access Token and Refresh Token values would be returned through the httpOnly cookies.

Refresh Access Token

Request

User needs to provide Refresh Token in the request header to access this api.

curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:8080/refresh' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [User's refresh token]' \
--data '{
    "username": "ironman123"
}'

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "OK",
    "message": "successfully received access token",
    "data": null
}

Access Token and Refresh Token values would be returned through the httpOnly cookies.

Fetch all users

This api is only accessed by Admins.

Request

Admin needs to provide Access Token in the request header to access this api.

curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:8080/users' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [Admin's access token]' \
--data ''

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "OK",
    "message": "successfully got list of users",
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "first_name": "Captain",
            "last_name": "America",
            "username": "captain12",
            "email": "captainamerica@gmail.com",
            "role": "user"
        },
        {
            "id": 2,
            "first_name": "Iron",
            "last_name": "Man",
            "username": "ironman123",
            "email": "ironman@gmail.com",
            "role": "admin"
        }
    ]
}

Fetch users by username

This api can be accessed by Admins and particular user.

Request

User needs to provide Access Token in the request header to access this api.

curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:8080/users/ironman123' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer [User's access token]' \
--data-raw '{
    "username": "ironman123",
    "password": "ironman@123"
}'

Response

{
    "status": "success",
    "code": "OK",
    "message": "successfully got user details",
    "data": {
        "id": 1,
        "first_name": "Iron",
        "last_name": "Man",
        "username": "ironman123",
        "email": "ironman@gmail.com",
        "role": "admin"
    }
}