Testing our Serverless Authentication API
- Make a POST request on /register route with the following JSON:
{
"name": "Arindam Halder",
"username": "arindam369",
"password": "abc#123"
}
POST on /register route
User Registration Response
- Make a POST request on /login route with the following JSON:
{
"username": "arindam369",
"password": "abc#123"
}
POST on /login route
User Login Response
- Make a POST request on /verify route with the following JSON:
{
"username": "arindam369",
"token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6ImFyaW5kYW0zNjkiLCJpYXQiOjE2OTgzMDg3OTksImV4cCI6MTY5ODMxMjM5OX0.Bmn90tlaFFr0Hmh0jXbtPPzlaWuEItMb61JaPM7cT-8"
}
POST on /verify route
User Verification Response
- Make a POST request on /logout route with the following JSON:
{
"username": "arindam369",
"token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6ImFyaW5kYW0zNjkiLCJpYXQiOjE2OTgzMDg3OTksImV4cCI6MTY5ODMxMjM5OX0.Bmn90tlaFFr0Hmh0jXbtPPzlaWuEItMb61JaPM7cT-8"
}
POST on /logout route
User Logout Response
DynamoDB table data JSON view (after testing the operations)
AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB for Serverless Authentication
Serverless Authentication is a method of authenticating users in a cloud-based application without the need for traditional server management. It leverages services like AWS Lambda and Amazon DynamoDB to handle user authentication processes in a cost-effective and efficient manner. By using these serverless components, developers can create secure and responsive authentication systems that scale with the application’s demands. AWS Lambda is a powerful cloud computing service provided by AWS that allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers. It operates on an event-driven model, meaning it executes functions in response to specific events or triggers, optimizing resource usage and cost efficiency. Amazon DynamoDB, on the other hand, is a highly scalable NoSQL database service also provided by AWS. It’s designed for applications that require fast and predictable performance at any scale. DynamoDB offers seamless scaling of read and write capacity to handle variable workloads, ensuring rapid and reliable data storage.
In this article, we will learn how to create a Serverless Authentication using AWS Lambda and DynamoDB.