The auth controller functions in server/controllers/auth.controller.js will not only handle requests to the sign-in and sign-out routes, but also provide JWT and express-jwt functionality to enable authentication and authorization for protected user API endpoints.
The auth.controller.js file will have the following structure:
import User from '../models/user.model'import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken'import expressJwt from 'express-jwt'import config from './../../config/config'const signin = (req, res) => { … }const signout = (req, res) => { … }const requireSignin = … const hasAuthorization = (req, res) => { … }export default { signin, signout, requireSignin, hasAuthorization }
The four controller functions are elaborated on in the ...
