create-backend-auth

A simple CLI tool to scaffold a Node.js + Express.js + MongoDB based authentication system using the MVC folder structure.

🚀 Installation

Use npx to run the CLI without installing globally:

1npx create-backend-auth my-app

Or install globally:

1npm install -g create-backend-auth
2create-backend-auth my-app

📁 Project Structure

1my-app/
2├── controllers/
3│   └── authController.js
4├── middleware/
5│   └── authMiddleware.js
6├── models/
7│   └── User.js
8├── routes/
9│   └── authRoutes.js
10├── .gitignore
11├── package.json
12├── package-lock.json
13├── server.js
14└── README.md

🔐 Authentication Features

• 🔑 JWT token-based authentication
• 📥 Register new users
• 🔐 Login existing users
• 🛡️ Protected route example using middleware

⚙️ Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root of your project:

1MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
2JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
3PORT=5000

📦 Install & Run

1cd my-app
2npm install
3npm start

Visit: http://localhost:5000

📬 API Routes

Method	Route	Description
POST	/api/auth/register	Register user
POST	/api/auth/login	Login user
GET	/api/protected	Example protected route

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📚 Technologies Used

• Express.js
• Mongoose
• JSON Web Token (JWT)
• dotenv

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🛠 Example Usage

Register

1POST /api/auth/register
2Content-Type: application/json
3
4{
5  "name": "John Doe",
6  "email": "john@example.com",
7  "password": "secret123"
8}

Login

1POST /api/auth/login
2Content-Type: application/json
3
4{
5  "email": "john@example.com",
6  "password": "secret123"
7}

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🧑 Author

Created by Sachin Kumar

📫 Reach me: [sharmaji.sachin20@gmail.com]
🌐 GitHub: [github.com/Sharmaji513]

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📄 License

MIT © 2025