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@ShivCodeP is already working on this.

Since May 11, 2022.

Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by inspecting the repository structure and the existing API entry point, then review the express-session reference linked in the issue. Done means the /signin, /signout, and /signup routes support the listed user information and cookie-based session behavior.

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Description

Auth

the first and foremost APIs we need is for authentication

  • Auth will be simple cookie based authentication
  • we will need following routes:
    • /signin - Accepts username, password, returns a session cookie
    • /signout - logs user out, automatically done with the help of cookies (session.destroy)
    • /signup - creates a new user. accept following information of a user (User Type)
  • A User:
    • Name
    • Password
    • Email
    • Org name?
    • Role (profession)
  • packages you can refer to generate cookies: express-session
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
2
Forks
3
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Getting set up

  • Ships a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
  • No pull request template
  • No contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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