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🔐 Spring Boot JWT Authentication API

This is a secure REST API built with Spring Boot, featuring JWT-based authentication, role-based authorization, and user registration/login functionalities. This project follows best practices for stateless authentication using JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and Spring Security.

📚 Based on a Tutorial

This project was created by following the JWT Authentication & Authorization Tutorial (2023) by Amigoscode.
All core logic and flow are based on the concepts explained in that tutorial. This repo is for educational purposes and personal experimentation.

🧰 Features

  • ✅ User Registration (/api/v1/auth/register)
  • ✅ User Authentication (/api/v1/auth/authentication)
  • ✅ JWT generation & validation
  • ✅ Spring Security integration
  • ✅ Password hashing with BCryptPasswordEncoder
  • ✅ Role-based access control (e.g., USER, ADMIN)

🛠 Tech Stack

  • Java 17+
  • Spring Boot 3.x
  • Spring Security
  • Spring Data JPA
  • H2 / PostgreSQL / MySQL (your choice)
  • JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • Java 17+
  • Maven
  • IDE (IntelliJ, VS Code, etc.)