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arusha-coders-api\n\nAPI to accompany the ['Securing your (RESTful) API'](https://speakerdeck.com/reubano/securing-your-restful-api) presentation\n\n## Intro\n\nThis is a simple API that lets you create a user account and test view user info using basic or JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication.\n\n## Usage\n\n### Demo Server\n\n#### cURL\n\ncreate a user\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -d \"name='First Last'\" \\\n     -d \"email=user@email.com\" \\\n     -d \"password=password\" \\\n     -d \"confirmPassword=password\" \\\n     http://arusha-coders-api.herokuapp.com/user\n\n# response\n{\n    \"source\": \"signup\",\n    \"objects\": {\n        \"email\": \"user@email.com\",\n        \"jwt\": \"eyJ0eXAi...\",\n        \"exp\": \"DD/MM/YYYY\"\n    }\n}\n```\n\nget user info via Basic Authentication\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n    -u 'user@email.com:password' \\\n    http://arusha-coders-api.herokuapp.com/user\n\n# response\n{\n    \"objects\": {\n        \"user\": {\n            \"_id\": \"554d...\",\n            \"password\": \"$2$10$...\",\n            \"lastName\": \"Last\",\n            \"firstName\": \"First\",\n            \"email\": \"user@email.com\",\n            \"__v\": 0,\n            \"isVerified\": false\n        }\n    }\n}\n```\n\nget user info via JWT Bearer Token Authentication\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n    -H 'Authorization: Bearer replace_with_your_jwt' \\\n    http://arusha-coders-api.herokuapp.com/user\n\n# response\n{\n    \"objects\": {\n        \"user\": {\n            \"_id\": \"554d...\",\n            \"password\": \"$2$10$...\",\n            \"lastName\": \"Last\",\n            \"firstName\": \"First\",\n            \"email\": \"user@email.com\",\n            \"__v\": 0,\n            \"isVerified\": false\n        }\n    }\n}\n```\n\ncreate another JWT\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -X POST \\\n    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n    -u 'user@email.com:password' \\\n    http://arusha-coders-api.herokuapp.com/token\n\n# response\n{\"objects\": {\"result\": {\"jwt\": \"eyJ0e...\", \"exp\": \"DD/MM/YYYY\"}}}\n```\n\n#### Python\n\ninitialize\n\n```python\n# init requirements\nimport requests\n\n# set api endpoint\nbase = 'http://arusha-coders-api.herokuapp.com'\n```\n\ncreate a user\n\n```python\n# request\nname, username, password = 'First Last', 'user@email.com', 'password'\ndata = {'name': name, 'email': username, 'password': password, 'confirmPassword': password}\nr = requests.post(base + '/user', data=data)\n\n# response\nr.json()\n# same as cURL above\n```\n\nget user info via Basic Authentication\n\n```python\n# extract JWT\njwt = r.json()['objects']['jwt']\n\n# request\nauth = (username, password)\nr = requests.get(base + '/user', auth=auth)\n\n# response\nr.json()\n# same as cURL above\n```\n\nget user info via JWT Bearer Token Authentication\n\n```python\n# request\nheaders = {'Authorization': 'Bearer %s' % jwt}\nr = requests.get(base + '/user', headers=headers)\n\n# response\nr.json()\n# same as cURL above\n```\n\ncreate another JWT\n\n```python\n# request\nr = requests.post(base + '/token', auth=auth)\n\n# response\nr.json()\n# same as cURL above\n```\n\n### Local Server\n\n    git clone https://github.com/reubano/arusha-coders-api.git\n    npm install\n    npm start\n\n#### cURL\n\ncreate a user\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -d \"name='First Last'\" \\\n     -d \"email=user@email.com\" \\\n     -d \"password=password\" \\\n     -d \"confirmPassword=password\" \\\n     http://127.0.0.1:3333/user\n```\n\nget user info via Basic Authentication\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n    -u 'user@email.com:password' \\\n    http://127.0.0.1:3333/user\n```\n\nget user info via JWT Bearer Token Authentication\n\n```bash\n# request\ncurl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n    -H 'Authorization: Bearer replace_with_your_jwt' \\\n    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