Step by step to build Node.js Express Registration, Login, and Logout API using JWT and Cookies - Node.js Express Login API with MongoDB (Mongoose) database.

Mouad Dadda

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Learn to build a secure login and logout system using Express.js in Node.js. The tutorial covers setting up development files, installing dependencies, and creating a MongoDB database. It explains the basics of authentication and authorization, the logic for user registration and login, password hashing, and session management using JWT tokens. Additionally, it shows how to implement middleware for verifying user sessions and roles, and how to handle user logout securely.

Build a Login and Logout API using Express.js (Node.js)

The Concept of Authentication and Authorization

Setting up the development files, installing required packages, and creating a database.

Creating Main Route and API server instance