Description

This is MERN auth application

It includes the following:

• Backend API with Express & MongoDB
• Routes for auth, logout, register.
• JWT authentication stored in HTTP-only cookie
• Protected routes and endpoints
• Custom middleware to check JSON web token and store in cookie
• React frontend to register, login, logout.

Usage

• Create a MongoDB database and obtain your MongoDB URI - MongoDB Atlas

Env Variables

Rename the .env.example file to .env and add the following

PORT = 4000
MONGO_URI = your mongodb uri
JWT_SECRET = 'abc123'

Change the JWT_SECRET to what you want

Install Dependencies (frontend & backend)

cd backend
npm install
cd frontend
npm install

Run

# Run frontend (:3000) & backend (:4000)
npm start

Build & Deploy

# Create frontend prod build
cd frontend
npm run build