Handles in-house user identification as middleware for express via a cookie
npm install @nymdev/express-nymag-userExpress NYMag User
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Volunteering user information for internal use. This is not authentication; It just looks for a plain-text, unsigned
cookie that contains a username and LDAP groups.
All authorization logic is encapsulated in the implementation of isProtected.
NOTE: Use with care. It's the same as user's volunteering their own username, and is not auth. Temporary until OAuth.
If redirect_to does not retun valid url (e.g. if host is not defined) and the request should be blocked, the middleware protects via 403.
``js
const express = require('express'),
app = express(),
expressNYMagUser = require('@nymdev/express-nymag-user'),
authServer = 'http://some_auth_server/login?redirect_to=';
app.use(expressNYMagUser({
redirectTo: function (originalUrl) {
return authServer + encodeURIComponent(originalUrl);
},
isProtected: function (req) {
return !!req.query.edit;
}
}));
`
`bash``
npm install --save @nymdev/express-nymag-auth