SecurePasswordStorage

Table of Contents

• About
• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage
• API Endpoints
• Testing
• Contributing
• License

About

SecurePasswordStorage is a Java Spring Boot application designed to securely store and manage user passwords. The application provides endpoints for creating users, logging in and changing passwords.

Features

• Create a new user account
• User login with validation
• Change user password
• Secure password storage using hashing
• Hashing with Salting implementation

Prerequisites

• Java 17 or higher
• Maven 3.6.3 or higher
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/virtualISP/SecurePasswordStorage.git
   cd SecurePasswordStorage

2. Build the project

   mvn clean install

3. Run the application

   mvn spring-boot:run

Usage

After running the application, you can access the endpoints via any API client like Postman or can interact with the beautiful frontend interface via any browser.

Testing

You can test the functionalities using Postman or any other API client. Also you can interact and test the functionalities through the browser.

1. Create a new user:
   • Send a POST request to /user/create with username and password as parameters.
2. Login a user:
   • Send a POST request to /user/login with username and password as parameters.
3. Change a user's password:
   • Send a POST request to /user/changePassword with username, oldPassword, and newPassword as parameters.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please create a pull request or raise an issue to discuss any changes.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new feature branch (git checkout -b feature/feature-name)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/feature-name)
5. Create a new Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.