npm install simple-auth
Framework-agnostic HTTP Basic authentication for Node.js (no need for
express/connect/insert-web-framework).
var http = require('http')
, basic_auth = require('simple-auth')('username123', 'password456')
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
basic_auth(req, res, function() {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'})
res.end('Your username & password were correct\n')
})
}).listen(31337, '127.0.0.1')
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:31337/')
$ npm install simple-auth
basic_auth(username, password[, fail_delay])Returns a function that receives (req, res, next), where next will only
be called if the user authenticates.
fail_delay is the number of milliseconds that the user will be prevented from
retrying after a failed authentication (defaults to 5000).
MIT