Converted Token Generator and Updated Login (#11)

backend/routes/auth/login.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ router.post("/", async (req, res) => {
  user.updatedAt = new Date();
  await user.save();
 
- const token = generateAuthToken(user);
+ const token = generateAuthToken({
+ _id: user._id,
+ username: user.username,
+ key: process.env.JWT_SECRET_KEY as string
+ });
+
  res.status(200).json({
  msg: `User ${user.username} logged in successfully!`,
  token: token

backend/utils/generateToken.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import jwt, { Secret } from "jsonwebtoken";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+import User from "../models/user.js";
+
+dotenv.config();
+
+export interface UserTokenGenerator {
+ _id: string;
+ username: string;
+ key: Secret;
+}
+
+const generateAuthToken = (user: UserTokenGenerator) => {
+ if (!process.env.JWT_SECRET_KEY) {
+ throw new Error("JWT_SECRET_KEY is not defined.");
+ }
+ const jwtSecretKey = process.env.JWT_SECRET_KEY as Secret;
+ const token = jwt.sign(
+ {
+ _id: user._id,
+ username: user.username
+ },
+ jwtSecretKey
+ );
+
+ return token;
+};
+
+export default generateAuthToken;