HTTP Authentification with Express 3 / NodeJS
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Caution : HTTP authentification is not the best way to authenticate your user (due to its lack of disconnect feature), it can be sometime useful.
We need a function to test the credential user. There are 3 ways to do that.
The very simple one:
auth = express.basicAuth "bob", "password"The synchronous one:
auth = express.basicAuth (user,pass)->
if user is "bob" and pass is "pass"
return true
else
return falseThe asynchronous one:
auth = express.basicAuth (user,pass,callback)->
if user is "bob" and pass is "pass"
callback null,true
else
callback null,falseEnable the authentification
If you want global authentification:
app.use authIf you just want to protect a specific path :
app.get '/protectedPage',auth,(res,req)->
console.log req.remoteUser + ' is asking that page'Written by pmaoui
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