# BaseAuth
Baseauth is a simple auth server, which is not meant to be usable in production environments.

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# API
The API runs uses HTTP and runs by default on port `8080`.
All requests to endpoints are `POST`.
The _Content-Type_ is always `application/json`, so all payloads are JSON strings.

## endpoints
### `/register`
Registers a new account.

#### Content / Payload

| Field      | Description                       |
|------------|-----------------------------------|
| `username` | The username of the account       |
| `password` | The accounts' clear text password |

#### Responses

| Response | Description                              |
|----------|–-----------------------------------------|
| 200      | User created successfully                |
| 400      | Formal error in the request              |
| 409      | The requested username is already in use |
| 500      | Internal server error                    |


### `/authenticate`
Authenticates using an existing account.

#### Payload

| Field      | Description                       |
|------------|-----------------------------------|
| `username` | The username of the account       |
| `password` | The accounts' clear text password |

#### Responses

| Response | Description                                        |
|----------|–---------------------------------------------------|
| 200      | Authenticated successfully                         |
| 400      | Formal error in the request                        |
| 401      | Authentication failure (wrong password)            |
| 404      | There was no account found with the specified name |
| 500      | Internal server error                              |

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# CLI

## Arguments

| Argument                   | Description                                                                             |
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `-D | --daemon`            | Starts the server in daemon mode, to await api requests, etc.                           |
| `-d | --delete <username>` | Deletes the account associated with the specified username.                             |
| `-w | --dir <path>`        | Specifies the working dir that will be used. This dir contains stuff like the database. |