Questions tagged [passport.js]
Passport.js is authentication middleware for Node.js. Extremely flexible and modular, Passport can be unobtrusively dropped into any Express-based web application. A comprehensive set of strategies support authentication using a username and password, Facebook, Twitter and more.
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Understanding passport serialize deserialize
How would you explain the workflow of Passport's serialize and deserialize methods to a layman.
Where does user.id go after passport.serializeUser has been called?
We are calling passport....
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Passport.js - Error: failed to serialize user into session
I got a problem with the Passport.js module and Express.js.
This is my code and I just want to use a hardcoded login for the first try.
I always get the message:
I searched a lot and found some ...
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How to implement a secure REST API with node.js
I start planning a REST API with node.js ,express and mongodb. The API provides data for a website (public and private area) and maybe later a mobile app. The frontend will be developed with AngularJS....
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What does passport.session() middleware do?
I am building an authentication system using Passport.js using Easy Node Authentication: Setup and Local tutorial.
I am confused about what passport.session() does.
After playing around with the ...
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passport.js RESTful auth
How does one handle authentication (local and Facebook, for example) using passport.js, through a RESTful API instead of through a web interface?
Specific concerns are handling the passing of data ...
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ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client
I'm facing this weird issue in NodeJS when using with Passport.js, Express and Mongoose. Basically, I get an error saying "Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client" even though I don't ...
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Everyauth vs Passport.js? [closed]
Everyauth and Passport.js seem to have very similar feature sets. What are some of the positive and negative comparisons between the two that would make me want to use one over the other?
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passport.js passport.initialize() middleware not in use
I am using node with express + mongoose and trying to use passport.js with restful api.
I keep getting this exception after authentication success (I see the callback url on the browser):
/Users/...
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Redirecting to previous page after authentication in node.js using passport.js
I'm trying to establish a login mechanism using node.js, express and passport.js. The Login itself works quite nice, also sessions are stored nicely with redis but I do have some troubles with ...
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How to know if user is logged in with passport.js?
I've been reading passport.js info and samples for two days, but I'm not sure after that I did all the process of authenticating.
How do I know if I'm logged in, for example, I'll have a navigation ...
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Using PassportJS, how does one pass additional form fields to the local authentication strategy?
I'm using passportJS and I'm wanting to supply more than just req.body.username and req.body.password to my authentication strategy (passport-local).
I have 3 form fields: username, password, & ...
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passport-local with node-jwt-simple
How can I combine passport-local to return a JWT token on successful authentication?
I want to use node-jwt-simple and looking at passport.js I am not sure how to go about.
var passport = require('...
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Node + Express + Passport: req.user Undefined
My question is similar to this one, but there was no insight into his solution.
I'm using Passport to auth using Instagram. After successful auth, users are directed to "/". At this point, the ...
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How is req.isAuthenticated() in Passport JS implemented? [closed]
In passportJS Documentation, I think passport isAuthenticated function not documented well.
How is req.isAuthenticated() in PassportJS implemented?
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Why is PassportJS in Node not removing session on logout
I am having trouble getting my system to log out with PassportJS. It seems the logout route is being called, but its not removing the session. I want it to return 401, if the user is not logged in in ...
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Express Passport (node.js) error handling
I've looked at how error handling should work in node via this question Error handling principles for Node.js + Express.js applications?, but I'm not sure what passport's doing when it fails ...
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How to authenticate Supertest requests with Passport?
I'm using Passport.js for authentication (local strategy) and testing with Mocha and Supertest.
How can I create a session and make authenticated requests with Supertest?
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Authentication with React Native and API backend
I'm trying to wrap my head around oauth with a React Native app and a separate NodeJS/Express API backend. I understand https://github.com/adamjmcgrath/react-native-simple-auth offers authentication ...
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nodejs passport authentication token
I am writing a nodejs application that I would like to use as both a web application, as well as an API provider. Once a user is authenticated, I want to assign that user a token to be used for ...
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Sending back a JSON response when failing Passport.js authentication
I'm using Node.js as a backend API server for an iPhone client. I'm using Passport.js to authenticate with a local strategy. The relevant code is below:
// This is in user.js, my user model
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passport.js with multiple authentication providers?
Using Passport.js is there a way for me to specify multiple authentication providers for the same route?
For example (from passport's guide) can I use local and facebook and twitter strategies on the ...
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Express-mysql-session preventing passport deserializeUser from running
I have an app using passport.js to log in users through facebook, and am attempting to use express-mysql-session to persist their login states. If I don't include the express-mysql-session code, the ...
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passport's req.isAuthenticated always returning false, even when I hardcode done(null, true)
I'm trying to get my Passport local strategy working.
I've got this middleware set up:
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(function(username, password, done) {
//return done(null, user);
if (...
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How to store a JWT token inside an HTTP only cookie?
I have created an app that simply uses a JWT sent by the server upon correct login credentials, and authorizes against any /api route on my backend Express.js server.
AngularJS, on the other hand, ...
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JavaScript wait for asynchronous function in if statement [duplicate]
I have a function inside an if statement
isLoggedin() has an async call.
router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
if(req.isLoggedin()){ <- never returns true
console.log('...
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How to use passport with express and socket.io?
I am currently trying to set up a basic authentication system for my node.js app. For now I am using express (3.0.0rc5), passport (0.1.12) and socket.io (0.9.10) with Mongoose as Store for session ...
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Passport-Facebook authentication is not providing email for all Facebook accounts
I am using Passport-Facebook authentication.
passport.use(new FacebookStrategy({
clientID: 'CLIENT_ID',
clientSecret: 'CLIENT_SECRET',
callbackURL: "http://www....
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passport local strategy not getting called
I'm sure I'm missing something really obvious here, but I can't figure this out. The function I've passed to the LocalStrategy constructor doesn't get called when the login form gets submitted.
Code:
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What does passport.js do and why we need it?
I am not familiar with user authentication in Node.js, now I am trying to create a website with a login system. I have managed to make it work using the code snippets from the website, but I don't ...
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What is function User.findOrCreate doing and when is it called in passport?
I can't find documentation on this function and therefor I can't make it work right. When is that function being called, what is it doing and what is it taking as first parameters? I'm trying to get ...
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Use multiple local strategies in PassportJS
I'm trying to use multiple LOCAL strategies with PassportJS. I'm not trying to use local, facebook, and gmail, etc.
I have two sets of users stored in separate objects and I want to use a local ...
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Error: req#logout requires a callback function
can't able to find solution of this tried everything, i am just new in using passport. Error: req#logout requires a callback function i have coded this before but that time i have not received any ...
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PassportJS deserializeUser never called
I've got Passport setup to authenticate users stored in mongodb. Seems to work fine: authentication succeeds/fails appropriately and session variables get set. However, getting Passport to check for a ...
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Passport login and persisting session
Background
I have a MEAN application with CRUD capabilities fully tested with postman. I have been trying to persist login for quite some time now with no luck. I have read and tried the following
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Get request object in Passport strategy callback
So here is my configuration for passport-facebook strategy:
passport.use(new FacebookStrategy({
clientID: ".....",
clientSecret: ".....",
callbackURL: "http://localhost:...
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Documentation for "ensureAuthentication" "isAuthenticated" passport's functions?
I've been looking for a while, and can't see to find a definitive documentation source. When I search for these, the first Google results are to StackOverflow.
Are there any more middleware functions ...
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How do I store JWT and send them with every request using react
So happy right know because I got my basic registration/authentication system going on.
so basically I got this :
app.post('/login', function(req,res) {
Users.findOne({
email: req.body.email
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What is "done" callback function in Passport Strategy Configure "use" function
I'm an node.js and express.js noob. This question may seems silly but I'm really in confusion.
I'm trying to configure Local Strategry authentication by using passport. As shown in the official ...
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What are the differences between local Basic and Digest strategy in passportjs
I understand the difference between Passport.js' Basic and Digest authentication, but what is the difference between the local strategy and Basic or Digest? In all three, you enter a username and ...
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MongoDB schema design for multiple auth user accounts
I am about to build my node.js / express / mongoose / passport application and I am thinking about the right schema design for users and accounts.
There will be users loging in from twitter and ...
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How to protect static folder in express with passport
I have a project based on express with a required authentication based on passport.
The backoffice is an angularjs app served as static files.
My authentication code is completly based on https://...
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Passport + Node.js / Automatic login after adding user
I am using passport for authentication and session handling. Everything works fine so far. I implemented a "Sign in" form to add new users to the app. After a user is added I would like to log him/her ...
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TypeError: req.session.regenerate is not a function using Passport
Hello I'm following the course Node with React full web stack, and I got a big issue, I don't know why it's showing up, or from what is showing up.
my terminal shows this error :
req.session....
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JWT Verify client-side?
I have a nodejs api with an angular frontend. The API is successfully using JWT with passport to secure it's endpoints.
I am now conscious that after the tokens have expired, my front end will still ...
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Optional authentication in Nest.js with @nestjs/passport
I have a route that needs to be used by authenticated and unauthenticated users. I use @UseGuards(AuthGuard('jwt')) to enable authentication but it prevents any unauthenticated user to access the ...
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Facebook-passport with JWT
I've been using Passport on my server for user authentication.
When a user is signing in locally (using a username and password), the server sends them a JWT which is stored in localstorage, and is ...
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Sails.js + Passport.js authentication through websockets
When I use Sails.js with Passport.js, the isAuthenticated method does not exist on the req object when requested through websocket.
Could anyone tell me why this happens?
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Javascript: %s or %d represents string?
Can someone please explain what's happening here? I see %d and %s but I don't see these declared or written anywhere else in the code. What the heck does this mean/ do in javascript? I'm assuming it's ...
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Verify access/group in Passport.js
I would like to use passport.js to verify that when users hit certain endpoints that they not only have the correct password but are a member of a specific group or have a certain access.
For ...
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How can I access OAuth's state parameter using Passport.js?
I'm using Passport.js to do authentication, and per Google's OAuth2 documentation, I'm passing in a state variable:
app.get('/authenticate/googleOAuth', function(request, response) {
passport....
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