Passport strategy for authenticating with a http header token
npm install passport-http-header-tokenThis module lets you authenticate using a username and password in your Node.js
applications. By plugging into Passport, local authentication can be easily and
unobtrusively integrated into any application or framework that supports
Connect-style middleware, including
Express.
$ npm install passport-http-header-token
#### Configure Strategy
The http header token authentication strategy authenticates users using a token.
The strategy requires a verify callback, which accepts the
credential and calls done providing a user.
passport.use(new HTTPHeaderTokenStrategy(
function(token, done) {
User.findOne({ token: token }, function (err, user) {
if (err) { return done(err); }
if (!user) { return done(null, false); }
return done(null, user);
});
}
));
#### Authenticate Requests
Use passport.authenticate(), specifying the 'http-header-token' strategy, to
authenticate requests.
For example, as route middleware in an Express
application:
app.post('/login',
passport.authenticate('http-header-token', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
function(req, res) {
res.redirect('/');
});
For a complete, working example, refer to the HTTP Header Token example.
$ npm install
$ npm test
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