🚀 SecureAuth - Full Stack Authentication System

SecureAuth is a robust and secure user authentication system built using Spring Boot, Spring Security, ReactJS, and MySQL. It provides a modern solution for user login, registration, email verification, JWT-based authentication, and password recovery — all while following industry best practices in security and architecture.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Backend:

• Spring Boot
• Spring Security
• JavaMailSender
• JWT (JSON Web Token)
• Spring Data JPA
• Hibernate ORM
• MySQL

Frontend:

• ReactJS
• Axios
• React Router DOM
• Bootstrap

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🧪 API Endpoints

Base Url :

http://localhost:8080

Method	Endpoint	Description
POST	/api/v1.0/register	Register a new user
POST	/api/v1.0/login	Authenticate user and return JWT
POST	/api/v1.0/send-reset-otp?email=...	Send OTP to email for password reset
POST	/api/v1.0/reset-password	Reset password using OTP
POST	/api/v1.0/send-otp	Send OTP to user for verification
POST	/api/v1.0/verify-otp	Verify the OTP sent to user email
GET	/api/v1.0/profile	Get user profile (secured route)
GET	/api/v1.0/is-authenticated	Check if JWT token is valid and authenticated

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🔐 Key Features

• ✅ User Registration with Email Verification
• 🔐 JWT-Based Authentication
• 🔁 Login and Token Refresh
• 🧠 Role-Based Access Control (Admin/User)
• 🔃 Forgot Password and Reset Flow
• 📧 Secure Email Notifications via JavaMail
• 📜 Token Expiration Handling
• 🧪 Secure API Access using Spring Security Filter Chain
• 📈 Scalable Codebase for Future Enhancements

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📷 Screenshots

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🧰 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java 17+
• MySQL
• Maven

Backend Setup

1. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/SecurePath.git
   cd backend
   

2. Configure application.properties

   spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/securepath_db
   spring.datasource.username=your_username
   spring.datasource.password=your_password
   
   spring.mail.username=your_email@gmail.com
   spring.mail.password=your_password
   jwt.secret=your_jwt_secret_key
   

3. Build and run the backend

   mvn clean install
   mvn spring-boot:run