How to create Authentication in Go with JWT and Rest APIs using postgres with Golang

Authentication in Go with JWT

A simple project on how to build a JWT token based authentication with REST APIs using Golang and Postgresql.

If using Linux/WSL:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install postgresql postgresql-contrib

If using macOS:

brew tap homebrew/services
brew install postgresql
initdb /user/local/var/postgres

go run main.go

Replace the .env with your own values.

request

localhost:8080/signup

body:

{
    "username": "johndoe",
    "password": "abc123",
    "email" : "johndoe@example.com"
}

request

localhost:8080/login

body:

{
    "username": "johndoe",
    "password": "abc123"
}

Pull requests are always welcome! Feel free to open a new GitHub issue for any changes that can be made.