v2.0

Changes:

• Removed session-cookies auth (It can be found here if needed v1-session-cookies-auth)

• JWT instead of session-cookies

  • Token validation middleware
  • Token generation
  • Authorization and refresh token

• Redis as a database not as a session storage

• Go Modules

• Environment (.env)

• Updated unit test

• Code and structure enhancements

• Middleware:

  • TokenAuthMiddleware
  • RequestIDMiddleware
  • gzip.Gzip Middleware

• Golang in travis:

  • 1.10.x
  • 1.13.x
  • 1.14.x
  • master

• SSL Support
  • Generating the certifications in ./cert folder from:

$ sh generate-certificate.sh

- SSL=TRUE | FALSE in .env
- SSL implementation in the server in **main.go**

• Postman:
  • https://www.postman.com/collections/7f941b400a88ddd9c137
  • Renamed APIs
  • Added Auth -> Refresh Token API (using the refresh_token)

Capture both access_token & refresh_token and put it in the global variable from the Login API in Tests tab

requests.

pm.test("Status code is 200", function () {
    pm.response.to.have.status(200);
    
    var jsonData = JSON.parse(responseBody);
    pm.globals.set("token", jsonData.token.access_token);
    pm.globals.set("refresh_token", jsonData.token.refresh_token);

});

To be used in:

Authorization -> Bearer Token
Value: {{token}} (Comes from global variables)

• PostgreSQL:
  • 2 trigger functions:
    • public.created_at_column()
    • public.update_at_column()

Those are added to updated_at and created_at columns to update the latest timestamp automatically in both user and article tables. You can explore the tables and public schema for more info.