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passport-http-header-token

Passport strategy for authenticating with a http header token - based on passport-local.

This 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.

Install

$ npm install passport-http-header-token

Usage

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('/');
  });

Examples

For a complete, working example, refer to the HTTP Header Token example.

Tests

$ npm install
$ npm test

Credits

Jared Hanson

License

The MIT License