• https://react.dev
• https://nodejs.org/en

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• Set up authentication so that only a request with a JWT can access the dashboard
• After a user signs up they log in and are given a signed JWT
• Only registered users should be able to obtain a JWT

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When logging in, the app looks for the username and password. If both the username and password exist, then it will create a new signed JWT. Otherwise, an error is returned. Upon successful creation of the JWT, the user will be notified.

The main endpoints, and correct URL with correct paths are:

 http://localhost:3000/api/v1/dashboard
 http://localhost:3000/api/v1/login

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1. Check that the package versions in package.json are the most recent
2. Edit the package.json file accordingly before running the npm install command
3. Once all that is done, run the following commands

• Install the packages and Express for API development

 npm install --save express 

• Install nodemon it's a development package. It auto runs the server.

npm install --save-dev nodemon

• Edit package.json to make running the server easier. Add this to the package.json file

"start": "nodemon.js"

• Install a parser to parse incoming request bodies

 npm install --save body-parser

Run the commands listed above in the console of your IDE, (I used Jet Brains WebStorm). Then open a browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000

For more information, please refer to the WebStorm Documentation

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