Middleware & Services to implement token creation & validation for express app.

1. Install the package:

npm install padlock-auth

2. create the .env file in the project root:

touch .env

3. define the JWT_SECRET_KEY variable in the .env file:

JWT_SECRET_KEY = "<your-random-string>"

4. Set the middleware for all protected routes:

router.post('/api/users', verifyTokenMiddleware, createUserController);

5. Create the token where you need it:

const token = Token.create({ userId: user.id });

6. (Optional) define the time the token will expire in the .env file (by default expires in 2 hours):

JWT_EXPIRES_IN = '2h'

7. (Optional and not recomendable) define if you want to disable the token verification in the .env file:

VERIFY_TOKEN = 'false'