User Authentication Service

This project is a user authentication service implemented using ExpressJS, TypeScript, Mongoose (with MongoDB), JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for authentication, bcrypt for password hashing, and Joi for request validation.

Features

User registration and login.
Password hashing with bcrypt.
JWT authentication for protected routes.
Request data validation with Joi.

Requirements

Node.js
MongoDB
npm

Installation

Install dependencies:

Using npm:
```
npm install
```
Set up your environment variables:

Create a .env file in the root of your project and add the following:
```
JWT_SECRET=123456789
PORT=3000
```
Replace the JWT_SECRET with your own secret key.
Set up MongoDB connection

Replace with your DB url MONGO_URI variable in /src/db/config.ts

Running the Application

Start the server with:

npm run dev

The server will run on http://localhost:{{PORT}} by default.

API Endpoints

POST /users: Register a new user.
POST /users/login: Authenticate a user and return a JWT.
GET /users/:id: Gets a user profile (Requires Bearer token)

Technologies

ExpressJS: Web application framework for Node.js.
TypeScript: A superset of JavaScript that adds static types.
Mongoose: MongoDB object modeling tool.
JWT: For securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object.
bcrypt: For hashing passwords.
Joi: For data validation.

Project Structure

src/controllers: Contains user controller with authentication logic.
src/models: Mongoose models for user data.
src/routes: Express routes defining the API endpoints.
src/validator: Middleware for validation and other purposes.
src/db: MongoDB conection details.

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