web-authentication

Web Services and Cloud-based Systems course Project

API Functions:

• create user account
• update user password
• login verification
• validate JWT

Additional Features:

• Check login expiry time

Reference

JWT: JWT official introduction: link Python hmac library introduction: link

Prerequisites

1. Docker installed
2. Python >= 3.4 installed

Build

2. Run the Server

After successfully installed these modules, enter directory /src , run the python file run.py

$ python3 run.py

Server API

API	Parameter	Method	Example	Description
/	/	GET	127.0.0.1:7777	Server connected information
/users	[?username=...&password=...]	POST	127.0.0.1:7777/users?username=test&password=test	create a user account
/users	[?username=...&old-password=...&new-password=...]	PUT	127.0.0.1:7777/users?username=test&old-password=test&new-password=newtest	Update passowrd
/users/login	[?username=...&password=...]	POST	127.0.0.1:7777/users/login?username=test&password=test	Login and get JWT
/users/validation	[?jwt=...]	GET	127.0.0.1:7777/users/validation?jwt=eyJhbGciOiAiSFMyNTYiLCAidHlwIjogIkpXVCJ9.eyJuYW1lIjogIkNhaSJ9.MK_ds0u2DsMteRixl1SX1IdInRd73j1p3qNQFOW7yG4	Validate login status and get username