Authorization and Authentication API in Golang

This is a backend API service in Golang that handles authorization and authentication for a web app where users in an organization can sign in and list all other users in their organization. The API follows REST API conventions and covers the following functionalities:

• User Login
• User Logout
• Admin User adds a new User account (by providing the username & password)
• Admin User deletes an existing User account from their organization
• List all Users in their organization

Setup

Commands can be run over killercoda interface.

Prerequisites

• Go 1.21 or later ~

https://go.dev/doc/install

• MongoDB v4.4

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/administration/install-community/

• Postman or any API development environment

https://www.postman.com/downloads/

Installation

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/<username>/<repository>.git

$ cd <repository>

Install dependencies

$ go mod tidy

Setup environment variables

• Switch to the /configs/config.go and set the values for your desired variables.

Run the API

$ go run main.go

The API will be available at http://localhost:<configs.Cfg.Port>. (Set the value for the Port according to your own requirement.)

Design Decision

Framework

I chose to use the Echo framework for this project due to its simplicity, performance, and ease of use. Echo is a lightweight web framework that provides a minimalistic approach to building web applications and APIs.

Database

I chose MongoDB as the database for this project due to its flexibility, scalability, and ease of use. MongoDB is a document-oriented NoSQL database that allows for easy data modeling and flexible data structures.

ORM

I decided not to use an ORM for this project due to the simplicity of the data model and the limited number of database operations required by the API. Instead, I used the official MongoDB driver for Go to interact with the database.

JWT

For JWT token generation, I used the golang-jwt library, which provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for generating and verifying JWT tokens.

API Design

I followed REST API conventions for designing the API endpoints and used HTTP methods and status codes to represent the different actions and outcomes of the API requests. I also used middleware to handle authentication and authorization and to enforce input validation and error handling. This API consists of the following routes:

Public Routes

• POST /login - For logging in an user Paramenters: username, password
• POST /logout - For logginf out an user Parameters: username, password
• POST /refresh - For refreshing a token Parameters: username, passowrd

User Routes

• GET / - For getting all users in an organization Parameters- username

Admin Routes

• POST /add - For adding one user to the organization Parameters- username, newUsername, newPassword, isAdmin, organization
• POST /delete - For deleting a user from the organization Parameters- username, delUsername

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