Authentication strategy for Passport JS using a username/email and password. Passport JS is authentication middleware for Node.js
Questions tagged [passport-local]
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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 posts in stackoverflow but I didnt get the…
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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
UserSchema.static('authenticate', function(username,…
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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 (username=='ben' && password=='benny'){
…
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How does passport js stores user object in session?
I am using node/express with passport in my development. I came across an article which says:
Express loads the session data and attaches it to the req. As passport stores the serialised user in the session, the serialised user object can be found…
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Passport local strategy done callback does not pass error json message
I am trying to pass a JSON message when authentication fails, using done callback in the LocalStrategy, but all I get is 401 and "Unauthorized" string in the response.
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var…
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Update logged in user details in session
I am using PassportJS with ExpressJS.
I need to update the logged in user details. While I do update this in the DB, how do I update it in the session too so that request.user contains the updated user details?
That is, after updating the database,…
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passport js missing credentials
Been working on this for a few hours now, pretty frustrating...
router.post('/', passport.authenticate('local-signup', function(err, user, info) {
console.log(err);
}), function(req, res){
console.log(req);
res.setHeader('Content-Type',…
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Passport local returns error 400 bad request with Angular
I am trying to integrate passport to my code's login form. Client side calling server side works as it should until i call passport.authenticate in the request, 400 Bad Request was returned. What am I missing here.
HTML
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Passport: Allow sign up with name and email address? (Local Strategy)
Is there any way to allow a user to register on the local strategy with his password, email and name?
Every example I could find online only use name/password or email/password.
I also searched through the the whole passport documentation, but…
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Verification email with token in passport.js
I just looking for solution which makes verification email with token for my local autentification in passport.js
Is there some plugin or component for node which can make me verification easyer? Or I have to do it myself?
My…
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Can you authenticate with Passport without redirecting?
I have the following working code to authenticate through the passport-local strategy:
app.post('/api/login', passport.authenticate('local-login', {
successRedirect : '/api/login/success',
failureRedirect : '/api/login/error',
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how to get passport.authenticate local strategy working with async/await pattern
I've been failing to get passport.authenticate to work at all inside of an async/await or promise pattern. Here is an example I feel should work, but it fails to execute passport.authenticate().
const passport = require("passport");
let user;
try…
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How to handle unauthorized requests with nodejs/passport
As per the documentation, if I was handling authentication requests like so, I would be able to capture successful attempts.
app.post('/login',
passport.authenticate('local'),
function(req, res) {
// If this function gets called,…
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How to show custom error messages using passport and express
I check if the email already exist when registering a user. If a user already exist I pass the error message "email already exists". But in the front end it shows "Unauthorized" error 401. I want to pass the error message which I pass to the front…
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Manually call passport for authentication
I develop a restful nodeJS API protected by a oauth2 authentication using passport.
var express = require('express');
var passport = require('passport');
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
var app = express();
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