07-21-2023, 03:11 PM
I'm using Passport.js to login a user with username and password. I'm essentially using the sample code from the Passport site. Here are the relevant parts (I think) of my code:
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
done(null, user);
});
passport.deserializeUser(function(obj, done) {
done(null, obj);
});
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(function(username, password, done) {
User.findOne({ username: username }, function(err, user) {
if (err) {
return done(err);
}
if (!user) {
return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect username.' });
}
if (!user.validPassword(password)) {
return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect password.' });
}
return done(null, user);
});
}
));
app.post('/login',
passport.authenticate('local', { failureRedirect: '/login/fail', failureFlash: false }),
function(req, res) {
// Successful login
//console.log("Login successful.");
// I CAN ACCESS req.user here
});
This seems to login correctly. However, I would like to be able to access the login user's information in other parts of the code, such as:
app.get('/test', function(req, res){
// How can I get the user's login info here?
console.log(req.user); // <------ this outputs undefined
});
I have checked other questions on SO, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Thank you!
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
done(null, user);
});
passport.deserializeUser(function(obj, done) {
done(null, obj);
});
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(function(username, password, done) {
User.findOne({ username: username }, function(err, user) {
if (err) {
return done(err);
}
if (!user) {
return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect username.' });
}
if (!user.validPassword(password)) {
return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect password.' });
}
return done(null, user);
});
}
));
app.post('/login',
passport.authenticate('local', { failureRedirect: '/login/fail', failureFlash: false }),
function(req, res) {
// Successful login
//console.log("Login successful.");
// I CAN ACCESS req.user here
});
This seems to login correctly. However, I would like to be able to access the login user's information in other parts of the code, such as:
app.get('/test', function(req, res){
// How can I get the user's login info here?
console.log(req.user); // <------ this outputs undefined
});
I have checked other questions on SO, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here. Thank you!