In this tutorial, we'll explore how to create a secure and user-friendly "forget password" feature using pseudocode and the JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication mechanism. The Forgot Password feature is an essential part of user account management and allows users to reset their password if they forget it.

How Password Reset Functionality Works?

Forgot password

API Steps :

• Check the user's existence in the database.

• Create a random string token.

• Hash the token, add it to the database and update the particular user's data document.

• Set the token expiry time for the token in the particular user's document.

• Generate reset URL using the token and mail it to the user mail-id.

Reset password

API Steps :

• Extract token from URL

• Hash the token again and search for that hashed token in the user collection.

• Check the token expiration time and if it's not expired then update the password in the database.

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