API with Python, FastAPI, and MongoDB: JWT Authentication

This article will teach you how to add JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication to your FastAPI app using PyMongo, Pydantic, FastAPI JWT Auth package, and Docker-compose.

Topics Covered

• How to Setup FastAPI with MongoDB
• Starting the FastAPI Server
• Set up Environment Variables with Pydantic
• Connect to the MongoDB Database
• Creating the Schemas with Pydantic
• Create Serializers for the MongoDB BSON Documents
• Password Management in FastAPI
• Creating Utility Functions to Sign and Verify JWTs
• Creating the Authentication Controllers in FastAPI
  • User Registration Handler
  • User Sign-in Handler
  • Refresh Access Token Handler
  • Sign out User Handler
• How to Protect Private Routes
• Creating a User Handler
• Adding the API Routes and CORS
• Testing the API with Postman

Read the entire article here: https://codevoweb.com/api-with-python-fastapi-and-mongodb-jwt-authentication

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