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https://github.com/arevi/express-mongo-license-api-template

A minimal template for a hardware based licensing and authentication system, written in TypeScript using Express & MongoDB.
https://github.com/arevi/express-mongo-license-api-template

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A minimal template for a hardware based licensing and authentication system, written in TypeScript using Express & MongoDB.

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# Express MongoDB License API Template

A minimal template for a hardware based licensing and authentication system, written in TypeScript using Express & MongoDB (Mongoose).

 

## Getting Started

1. Git clone https://github.com/arevi/express-mongo-license-api-template.git
2. npm install

3. Rename the "database.sample.ts" file to "database.ts"
4. Provide your MongoURI within this file.

 

## NPM Commands

| Command | Effect |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `dev:start` | Launches the api in development mode, with hot reloading enabled. |
| `dev:webpack` | Compiles a development build of the project |
| `prod:webpack` | Compiles a production build of the project |

 

## API Specification

The following below is a minimal API specification to provide a quick overview of the template functionality.

 

### Auth/Verify (POST)

---

The verify route provides an API route for sending a license key and machineId. This route will check if the key is currently bound to a machine. If it is bound to a machine it will verify it is the current machine being requested. If the key is not bound, it will then be bound the requesting machine.

_Example Payload_

```
POST

{
"key":"123456",
"machineId":"000000"
}
```

 

### Auth/Reset (POST)

---

The request route provides a convenient API route for removing the association of a machineId to a license key.

_Example Payload_

```
POST

{
"key":"123456"
}
```

 

### Auth/Heartbeat (Get)

---

The heartbeat route provides a simple api route for verifying a machineId is still registered to a key within this database. This helps prevent key abuse by authenticating, then resetting and allowing someone else to reuse a key.

**The machineID is passed as a URL parameter.**

Example Request

```
GET /auth/heartbeat/000000
```

 

## API Responses

To keep the project minimal and simplified the API provides a preset number of responses corresponding to the result of the data result.

 

### Success Messages (HTTP Status Code 200)

```
{
"message": "Success"
}
```

```
{
"message":"Key reset"
}
```

 

### Failure Messages (HTTP Status Code 400 or 401)

---

```
{
"message": "Invalid key"
}
```

```
{
"message":"Bad request"
}
```

```
{
"message":"The key is already bound."
}
```