I am building a node.js REST api for an android application. During the 
registration phase, user chooses a username which is unique. Based on the 
availability of the username, he/she is allocated that username and the 
user is created in DB. Currently the API is exposed and all routes can be 
accessed by anyone.

I want to add authentication mechanism but don't want to make the end user 
enter any password. What should I use ? I am googling around and finding 
some results citing HMAC or api key based authentication but I am not able 
to understand everything clearly. Is there any good tutorial available for 
beginners that explains this ?

PS: I am using Sails.js framework for my development. 

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