This project is a testing playground to explore and experiment with BetterAuth, a modern authentication library for Node.js applications.

• Node.js (v18 or higher)
• PostgreSQL or another database supported by Prisma

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Setup database
npx prisma generate
npx prisma db push

# Start the development server
npm run dev

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/auth/sign-up/email \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "email": "test@example.com",
    "password": "SecurePass123!",
    "name": "Test User"
  }'

curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/auth/sign-in/email \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "email": "test@example.com",
    "password": "SecurePass123!"
  }'

curl -X GET http://localhost:3000/api/auth/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"

This project implements a complete authentication system using:

• BetterAuth for handling authentication logic
• Express as the backend framework
• Prisma as the ORM for database management
• Prisma Studio for visual database exploration

• Node.js / Express — Backend server
• BetterAuth — Authentication library
• Prisma — Database ORM
• PostgreSQL — Database (or your chosen database)
• TypeScript — Type-safe development (optional)

• ✅ User registration
• ✅ User login
• ✅ JWT token generation
• ✅ Protected routes
• ✅ Session management
• ✅ Password hashing
• ✅ User profile management

Create a .env file in the root directory:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/betterauth_test"
PORT=3000

This is a learning and experimentation project to understand:

• How BetterAuth works
• Integration with Express and Prisma
• Best practices for authentication in Node.js
• Database schema design for auth systems

• BetterAuth Documentation
• Prisma Documentation
• Express Documentation