AWS Cognito auth server with AWS SDK for JavaScript (v3) using Node.js, Express.js

In this story, we’ll learn how to build authentication Rest API using Node.js, Express.js, and AWS Cognito.

· Prerequisites
· Overview
∘ What is AWS CloudFormation?
∘ What Is Amazon Cognito?
· Amazon Cognito Setup
· Setting Up the NodeJs project
∘ Install Express and other dependencies
∘ Define endpoints
· Test the API
· Conclusion
· References

Prerequisites

This is the list of all the prerequisites:

• Node.js installed and npm
• An active AWS account
• Basic knowledge of Node.js and Express.js

Overview

In this story, we’ll be using two AWS services: AWS CloudFormation and Amazon Cognito.

What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation is an infrastructure as code (IaC) service that helps you model and set up your AWS resources so that you can spend less time managing those resources and more time…