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Learn how to authorize user roles and permissions in this Node.js & Express authorization tutorial. We'll start by learning the difference between authentication and authorization. Then we'll build middleware for our REST API that authorizes specific roles for data endpoint access.
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This tutorial is part of a Node.js & Express for Beginners tutorial series playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?listPL0Zuz27SZ-6PFkIxaJ6Xx_X46avTM1aYw
Starter Source Code: https://github.com/gitdagray/express_jwt
Completed Source Code: https://github.com/gitdagray/express_user_roles
How to Authorize User Roles and Permissions Node.js & Express Authorization Tutorial
(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:15) Authentication vs Authorization
(01:44) Configure the User Roles
(02:53) Add roles to the user data model
(04:59) Add a user role at registration
(06:01) Add user roles to access token at authentication
(09:09) Add user roles to access token when refreshed
(10:28) Update the verifyJWT middleware to include roles
(13:18) Create the verifyRoles middleware
(19:19) Add the verifyRoles middleware to routes
(22:04) Test routes with Thunder Client
(27:14) A quick note on Thunder Client
JWT References:
Intro to JSON Web Tokens: https://jwt.io/introduction
All You Need to Know About Storing JWT in the Frontend: https://dev.to/cotter/localstorage-vs-cookies-all-you-need-to-know-about-storing-jwt-tokens-securely-in-the-front-end-15id
NPM jsonwebtoken package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonwebtoken
NPM cookie-parser package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cookie-parser
Deleting Cookies: http://expressjs.com/en/api.html#res.clearCookie
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS): https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/xss/
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF): https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/csrf
REST Security Cheat Sheet: https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/REST_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html
Login References:
Bcrypt: https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcrypt
How to Safely Store a Password: https://codahale.com/how-to-safely-store-a-password/
MDN: HTTP Response Status Codes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status
More References:
Node.js Official site: https://nodejs.org
NPM Official site: https://www.npmjs.com/
Express JS Official site: https://expressjs.com/
MDN CORS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS
NPM CORS: https://www.npmjs.com/package/cors
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