How to Add User Verification to Your App

John Au-Yeung
Nov 4 · 18 min read

Verifying username is an import feature of most web apps. It allows the user to check if they entered a valid email, and for the owner of the app to know whether the user is actually a human.

Building user verification feature into an app is easy. To make it easy and secure, we have to store a flag in the user table to save the verification status of the user and a verification token so that only the user can use the verification link to verify their account. We use SendGrid to send email so that we can prevent it from going to the spam folder and send email…

Keep the story going. Sign up for an extra free read.

You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story.
Already have an account? Sign in

John Au-Yeung

Written by

Web developer. Subscribe to my email list now at http://jauyeung.net/subscribe/ . Follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AuMayeung

JavaScript in Plain English

Learn the web's most important programming language.

Welcome to a place where words matter. On Medium, smart voices and original ideas take center stage - with no ads in sight. Watch
Follow all the topics you care about, and we’ll deliver the best stories for you to your homepage and inbox. Explore
Get unlimited access to the best stories on Medium — and support writers while you’re at it. Just $5/month. Upgrade