Authentication system which can be used as a starter code for creating any new application

Overview :-

• Building this project helps me in understanding the process/work flow behind authentication and autherization of users using the website.

External Libraries:-

• GoogleCaptcha for integrating captcha during sign in/sign up

NPM Packages :-

• express for running server and creating routes
• mongoose ODM for interacting with mongoDB
• ejs for rendering view/html pages
• express-ejs-layouts to render partials and layouts
• Bcrypto for encrypting passwords.
• request for sending http request from server
• dotenv to configure .env file(used for storing sensitive information)
• passport for authentication
• passport-local-strategy for local authentication
• passport-google-oauth2-strategy for social authentication
• nodemailer for sending mail
• cookie-parser for parsing cookies
• express-session for encrypting session-cookie made by passport
• connect-mongo for storing session-cookie in DB to make them persistent
• node-sass-middleware for generating css from scss/sass
• connect-flash for setting notification messages in session-cookie
• generate-passwords for creating random passwords

Features :-

• Sign up with email
• Sign in
• Sign out
• Reset password after sign in
• The password stored in the db to be encrypted
• Google login/signup
• Forgot password (generate a random password and send on email)
• Enable re-captcha on both sign up and log in

What I Have Implemented :-

• Creating server
• Handling server Requests
• Managing Routes
• Creating Actions
• Database Queries
• Working of template engines (EJS)
• Implementing Authentication using Passport
• Displaying notifications

Folder Structure :-

|__ProjectDir
    |__assets
    |   |__css
    |      |__ layout.css
    |      |__ footer.css
    |      |__ home.css
    |      |__ header.css
    |   |__images
    |      |__ Welcome-to-our-new-website.jpg
    |   |__js
    |__config
    |   |__ middleware.js
    |   |__ mongoose.js
    |   |__ nodemailer.js
    |   |__ passport-google-oauth2-strategy.js
    |   |__ passport-local-strategy.js
    |__controllers
    |   |__ home_controller.js
    |   |__ users_controller.js
    |__ mailers
        |__ password_mailer.js
    |__models
    |   |__ user.js
    |__routes
    |   |__ index.js
    |   |__ users.js
    |
    |__views
    |    |__ mailers
    |       |__ new_password.ejs
    |   |__ _footer.ejs
    |   |__ _header.ejs
    |   |__ forgot_password.ejs
    |   |__home.ejs
    |   |__layout.ejs
    |   |__ reset_password.ejs
    |   |__ user_home.ejs
    |   |__ user_profile.ejs
    |__ .gitignore
    |__ index.js
    |__ package-lock.json
    |__ package.json
    |__ ReadMe.md

Run Project :-

• npm start