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This project demonstrates how to implement authentication using Passport.js in a Node.js application with Express and MongoDB.

1. Clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/raghabendra-dash/User_Authentication-API.git

2. Install dependencies.

npm install

3. Set up environment variables.

4. Start the server.

node server.js

• Express
• Dotenv
• Cookie-parser
• Passport (middleware for Node-Authentication)
• Bcryptjs (library for hashing passwords securely)
• Mongoose
• Passport

1. Register User:

_ Send a POST request to /register with JSON payload: _

{ "username": "John Doe", "password": "John.Doe123" }

2. Login User:

_ Send a POST request to /login with JSON payload: _

{ "username": "John Doe", "password": "John.Doe123" }

Contributions are welcome! Fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request.