Accessing protected APIs in Swagger

1. Swagger endpoints

Access the available endpoints at

http://localhost:8080/swagger-ui/index.html?configUrl=/v3/api-docs/swagger-config

2. Register User

account-resource -> POST /api/register

3. Activate User

• Go to MySQL database and select all the users in table 'jhi_user'
• Copy the activation_key for the registered user
• Activate the user by going to Swagger

account-resource -> GET /api/activate

4. Generate JWT for Accessing the protected endpoints

user-jwt-controller -> POST /api/authenticate

• Enter the username & password
• Send POST request
• Copy the JWT

5. Using the JWT

• Move to top right corner of Swagger UI
• Click Authorize button & paste the JWT
• Click Authorize
• Now you will be able to access the protected API endpoints

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