NodeJS & Redis Authentication tutorial using Cookie Sessions

In this video, we’re looking at a real-world example of NodeJS, ExpressJS, and Redis to implement a cookie-based authentication system in our app. This tutorial teaches you everything from scratch so even if you have little to no knowledge of NodeJS, MongoDB and Redis, you’ll still learn a lot from this video.

Code: https://github.com/AhsanAyaz/node-redis-auth

Timeline:
00:06:32:29 – Nodemon for hot restart
00:07:30:38 – Rename User Router to Auth Router
00:08:32:36 – Implementing a basic session in NodeJS
00:15:55:15 – Installing Redis
00:23:58:31 – Creating our first request with Rapid API
00:23:58:31 – Creating our first API request with Rapid API
00:23:58:31 – Marker 1
00:28:24:29 – Creating routes for static pages
00:34:42:49 – Creating Login and Register Auth Routes
00:44:12:25 – Restriction access to pages based on user login
00:46:01:43 – Working with VSCode Debugger
00:48:21:05 – Getting started with MongoDB to save data persistently
01:02:49:33 – Removing the password property from responses
01:06:20:03 – Login with Bcrypt
01:27:56:05 – Implementing Logout functionality
01:34:16:01 – Implementing the languages list and selection
01:38:35:27 – Implementing isLoggedIn middleware
01:41:53:22 – Creating a languages seed script
01:53:53:37 – Implementing the me call
01:58:57:10 – Implementing Favorite Languages API
02:24:18:42 – Aggregate data From different collections in mongo db
02:36:04:02 – Deploying to heroku
02:42:47:27 – Connecting to remote Redis and MongoDB
02:43:41:47 – Blur Credentials
02:45:08:57 – Hide Credentials
02:48:18:58 – Blur Creds
02:55:49:29 – Making sure all routes that require authentication