Public Endpoints
The BeAPI Framework provides public endpoints for simplifying authentication/authorization. Below is a list of those endpoints and what each one does
/authenticate
The /authenticate endpoint is where you login with you username/password credentials
curl -v -c ./cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"username":"YOUR_USERNAME","password":"YOUR_PASSWORD"}' http://YOURSITE:8080/authenticate
Output:
{"token":"eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJhZG1pbiIsImV4cCI6MTY2MDA4NzM1OSwiaWF0IjoxNjYwMDY5MzU5fQ.bR8lgrGlzCmHKhXC1D_LF-vVmFINAVX9kgA2n-EiIbslYaix......"}
Param Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
username | String | login username |
password | String | login password |
/register & /validate
/register & /validate are a three-part process. First someone must register, then an email is sent to them wherein they must click on a link to validate.
/register
curl -v -c ./cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"username":"YOUR_USERNAME","password":"YOUR_PASSWORD", "email":"YOU_EMAIL}' http://YOURSITE:8080/register
Output:
A validation email was sent. Please check your inbox
Param Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
username | String | login username |
password | String | login password |
String | account email |
/validate
http://YOURSITE:8080/validate?id=f2fr2fq13f3qf3wgwdfbdrh
Output:
NOTE: User is validated and redirected to homepage of site
/forgotPassword
/forgotPassword & /resetPassword work together with /validate to create a secure way to reset your password
curl -v -c ./cookies.txt -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{"email":"YOUR_EMAIL"}' http://YOURSITE:8080/forgotPassword
Output:
A validation email was sent. Please check your inbox
Param Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
String | account email |