🔐 JWT Authentication Template (TypeScript + Express)

A clean and modular starter template for building secure authentication APIs using Node.js, Express, TypeScript, and JWT (JSON Web Tokens).

📂 Project Structure

├── config/         # Database & environment configurations
├── controllers/    # Authentication and user controllers
├── models/         # Database models (e.g., User schema)
├── routes/         # Route definitions for authentication
├── App.ts          # Main application entry point
├── package.json    # Project dependencies
├── tsconfig.json   # TypeScript configuration
└── .gitignore

⚙️ Features

• 🔑 JWT-based authentication (login, register, verify)
• 🧱 Modular folder structure
• 🛡️ Secure password hashing with bcrypt
• 🌐 Environment variable support via dotenv
• 💡 Written fully in TypeScript
• 🧩 Ready to integrate with MongoDB or any database

🚀 Getting Started

1️⃣ Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/<repo-name>.git
cd <repo-name>

2️⃣ Install dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Add environment variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

PORT=6000
MONGODB_URI=your_mongo_uri
JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

4️⃣ Run the server

npm start

Server will start on: 👉 http://localhost:6000

🧠 Tech Stack

• Node.js
• Express.js
• TypeScript
• MongoDB
• JWT
• bcrypt

📜 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.