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User Authentication With Express and Mongo

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Adding User Login

1:16 with Dave McFarland and Jonathan Foster

An overview of how the log in feature of the Bookworm app works.

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    [MUSIC] 0:00
    With the registration part of the app in place it's time to add the log in 0:04
    functionality. 0:08
    In this part of the course we'll add a log in form so 0:10
    users who've already registered can log into the website. In addition we'll 0:12
    add a profile page to show the details for a logged in user. 0:16
    This page should only be visible to someone who's logged in. 0:20
    In other words, we need to add authentication to the profile page. 0:24
    In the process, I'll teach you how to handle HTTP's stateless protocol, so 0:28
    that we can keep track of our users as they visit our site. 0:33
    As users click from page to page in our site, we'll use cookies and 0:36
    sessions to keep track of users that are logged in. 0:40
    Let me show you what we gonna build in the section of the course. 0:44
    We'll add a log in form and a post route that does a few things. 0:46
    It makes sure the user supplies values for email and password. 0:51
    It makes sure the supplied email and password match a user in the database, and 0:55
    finally, it authenticates users so that they can visit the profile page and 0:59
    see information specific to them. 1:04
    To do this, we'll need to add a new behind the scenes feature 1:07
    to deal with the stateless nature of the HTTP protocol. 1:10
    Time to learn about sessions and cookies. 1:14

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