Adding Sign Up

So far, only users created with the create-user script can log in and publish stories. In this section you will add a new API endpoint for users to sign up with the registration page.

API endpoint	Method	Description
/api/auth/signup	POST	Registers a new user. An email and a password are expected in the request body.

Open the auth.controller.ts file and add a new route.

import { Context, hashPassword, HttpResponseNoContent, HttpResponseOK, HttpResponseUnauthorized, Post, Session, ValidateBody, verifyPassword } from '@foal/core';
import { User } from '../../entities';

const credentialsSchema = {
  // ...
};

export class AuthController {

  // login...

  // logout...

  @Post('/signup')
  @ValidateBody(credentialsSchema)
  async signup(ctx: Context<User|undefined, Session>) {
    const email = ctx.request.body.email;
    const password = ctx.request.body.password;

    const user = new User();
    user.email = email;
    user.avatar = '';
    user.name = 'Unknown';
    user.password = await hashPassword(password);
    await user.save();

    ctx.session.setUser(user);
    ctx.user = user;

    return new HttpResponseOK({
      id: user.id,
      name: user.name,
    });
  }


}

If you go the sign up page, you should now be able to register as a new user.