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Follow these simple steps to learn how to create a login form using NodeJS and MongoDB. NodeJS login form allows users to log in to the website after they have created their account using the signup form.

We will be using the following technologies:

  • NodeJS & Express – Backend server and routing
  • MongoDB – NoSQL database for user data
  • Mongoose – Object Data Modeling (ODM) library for MongoDB and NodeJS.
  • EJS – Templating engine for views
  • Passport.js - Authentication middleware for NodeJS applications.

Steps to Create Project and Install Modules

Step 1: Start the project using the following command in your project folder

npm init -y

Step 2: Install the required modules using the following command

npm i express ejs mongoose express-session
npm i passport passport-local 
npm i passport-local-mongoose

Step 3: Create two folders inside the project directory using the following command

mkdir model
mkdir views

Step 4: Create another file named app.js inside project directory

touch app.js

Step 5: Navigate inside model folder and create a file User.js which will contain our Schema

cd model
touch User.js

Step 6: Navigate inside views folder and create the following ejs files

cd views
touch home.ejs
touch login.ejs
touch secret.ejs
touch register.ejs

Step 7: Run the following command to ensure all modules are loaded 

npm i

Project Structure

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NodejS Folder Structure

The updated dependencies in package.json file.

"dependencies": {
    "cors": "^2.8.5", 
    "ejs": "^3.1.10", 
    "express": "^5.1.0", 
    "express-session": "^1.18.1", 
    "mongodb": "^6.15.0", 
    "mongoose": "^8.13.2", 
    "passport": "^0.7.0", 
    "passport-local": "^1.0.0", 
    "passport-local-mongoose": "^8.0.0",
}

Add the following code in App.js and User.js file

App.js 
// Filename - App.js

const express = require("express"),
    mongoose = require("mongoose"),
    passport = require("passport"),
    LocalStrategy = require("passport-local"),
    passportLocalMongoose =
        require("passport-local-mongoose");
const User = require("./model/User");
let app = express();

mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/27017");

app.set("view engine", "ejs");
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(require("express-session")({
    secret: "Rusty is a dog",
    resave: false,
    saveUninitialized: false
}));

app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

passport.use(new LocalStrategy(User.authenticate()));
passport.serializeUser(User.serializeUser());
passport.deserializeUser(User.deserializeUser());

// Showing home page
app.get("/", function (req, res) {
    res.render("home");
});

// Showing secret page
app.get("/secret", isLoggedIn, function (req, res) {
    res.render("secret");
});

// Showing register form
app.get("/register", function (req, res) {
    res.render("register");
});

// Handling user signup
app.post("/register", async (req, res) => {
    const user = await User.create({
        username: req.body.username,
        password: req.body.password
    });

    return res.status(200).json(user);
});

// Showing login form
app.get("/login", function (req, res) {
    res.render("login");
});

// Handling user login
app.post("/login", async function (req, res) {
    try {
        const user = await User.findOne({ username: req.body.username });
        if (user) {
            const result = req.body.password === user.password;
            if (result) {
                res.render("secret");
            } else {
                res.status(400).json({ error: "password doesn't match" });
            }
        } else {
            res.status(400).json({ error: "User doesn't exist" });
        }
    } catch (error) {
        res.status(400).json({ error });
    }
});

app.get("/logout", function (req, res) {
    req.logout(function (err) {
        if (err) { return next(err); }
        res.redirect('/');
    });
});

function isLoggedIn(req, res, next) {
    if (req.isAuthenticated()) return next();
    res.redirect("/login");
}

let port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(port, function () {
    console.log("Server Has Started!");
});
User.js 
// Filename - model/User.js

const mongoose = require('mongoose')
const Schema = mongoose.Schema
const passportLocalMongoose = require('passport-local-mongoose');
var User = new Schema({
    username: {
        type: String
    },
    password: {
        type: String
    }
})

User.plugin(passportLocalMongoose);

module.exports = mongoose.model('User', User)

Add the following codes in the folder of views 

home.ejs 
// Filename - views/home.ejs

<h1>This is home page</h1>

<li><a href="/register">Sign up!!</a></li>
<li><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
<li><a href="/logout">Logout</a></li>
login.ejs 
// Filename - views/login.ejs

<h1>login</h1>

<form action="/login" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="username"
        placeholder="username">
    <input type="password" name="password" 
        placeholder="password">
    <button>login</button>
</form>

<h1>This is home page</h1>

<li><a href="/register">Sign up!!</a></li>
<li><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
<li><a href="/logout">Logout</a></li>
register.ejs 
// Filename - views/register.ejs

<h1> Sign up form </h1>

<form action="/register" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="username" 
        placeholder="username">
    <input type="password" name="password" 
        placeholder="password">
    <button>Submit</button>
</form>

<h1>This is home page</h1>

<li><a href="/register">Sign up!!</a></li>
<li><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
<li><a href="/logout">Logout</a></li>
secret.ejs 
// Filename - views/secret.ejs

<h1>This is secret page</h1>

<img src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/cdn-uploads/20210420155809/gfg-new-logo.png">

<h1>This is home page</h1>

<li><a href="/register">Sign up!!</a></li>
<li><a href="/login">Login</a></li>
<li><a href="/logout">Logout</a></li>

Steps to run the application

Step 1: To run the above code you should first have the MongoDB server running

If you do not have the mongoose folder setup follow the article- How to Install MongoDB on Windows.

After setting up MongoDB start the server using following command

mongod

Step 2: Type the following command in terminal of your project directory

node app.js

Step 3: Open your web browser and type the following address in the URL bar

http://localhost:3000/

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