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How can I report an invalid login properly with Express and PassportJS? Problem I've successfully implemented passport-local into my Express/Mongoose web-app but I'm having trouble figuring… Read More

Using PassportJS with Connect for NodeJS to authenticate Facebook Users Problem I'm trying to integrate passport into my nodejs server using connect, but can't seem to do it properly. All t… Read More

PassportJS: How to get req.user in my views Problem I am using pssportjs with express 2.x and a sessions storage. After a login I am getting req.User only once. As soon as I redirect again… Read More

Using PassportJS, how does one pass additional form fields to the local authentication strategy? Problem I'm using passportJS and I'm wanting to supply more than just req.body.username and… Read More

authentication using node.js and mongoose and expressjs and passportjs Problem Guys where can I get an example of authentication using node js and mongodb and passportjs using the username… Read More

expressjs + mongoose + passportjs GithubStrategy Problem I'm trying to save a user that authenticated through GitHub into mongodb. I'm using mongoose. Below is what I have: var accountSche… Read More

passportjs and passportlocal add users "Error: failed to serialize user into session" Problem I have followed the code here - > https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport-local/tree/master/… Read More

PassportJS and ExpressJS conditional URL redirect Problem I am using ExpressJS and PassportJS's Facebook strategy to try and perform some conditional redirects on the authentication callbac… Read More

Storing sessions with passportjs, Express and monogodb Problem I'm having trouble getting sessions with mongodb to work properly. I've setup the following code which, without a problem, cre… Read More

PassportJS - how to get session object Problem I have implemented passportJS in my node application. After logging in I get an object which I place in the session. This is the object: { lo… Read More

PassportJs, local strategy cannot be found Problem I am new to javascript and node. I followed the guide from passportJS and I am getting the error "local strategy cannot be found". I do no… Read More

passportjs authentication using google apps email id Problem I am trying passport js with google app email id. I am able to authenticate using gmail.com email id. But how can I authenticate… Read More

Need to redirect to google app email login page instead of normal gmail login in passportjs and nodejs Problem I have a nodejs application. In which I setup a google auth2 login system usin… Read More

Unable to get simple passportjs with mongoose working Problem I am using passport-local-mongoose and trying to setup a simple working example using the login example in the repository. But… Read More

Cannot verify access_token to PassportJS in iOS Facebook SDK Problem I am trying to use Facebook iOS sdk with PassportJS (sever is NodeJS) I sucessfully managed to log in with Facebook on m… Read More

passportjs error callback throwing exception Problem I'm using LocalStrategy with MYSQL(with sequelize) which is working except when MYSQL throws exception (just to test, I shut down MYSQL… Read More

Passportjs facebook authentication is blocking my application Problem Modules: "express": "~3.0.0", "jade": ">= 0.0.1", "mongoose": ">= 3.6.2", "connect-mongo": "0.3.2", "nodemailer"… Read More

Authentication using Facebook with Passportjs: what is accessToken for, what should I store after registration? Problem I am using Passport to register/authenticate using Facebook. When oAu… Read More

NodeJS ExpressJS PassportJS - for Admin Pages Only Problem Im using NodeJS, ExpressJS, Mongoose, passportJS & connect-ensure-login. Authenticating users works perfectly. .... var passp… Read More

How to do asynchronous authentication in Node.js + MongoDB + PassportJS app Problem I'm using Node.js, MongoDB, and PassportJS and I'm trying to authenticate using the local strategy (just… Read More

Only allow passportjs authenticated users to visit protected page Problem Is placing this code inside of a route enough to protect pages from unauthenticated users? if (!req.user) return r… Read More

Get IP in PassportJS / ExpressJS Problem I'm using PassportJS in an ExpressJS web app. In app.js: //passportjs google passport.use(new GoogleStrategy({ clientID: '...', clientSecr… Read More

Using PassportJS google authentication with the nodejs google api library Problem I'm currently looking at implementing a google api, using the nodejs client: https://github.com/google/goo… Read More

passportjs facebook pass request to callback Problem I must be overlooking something here. I'm using the Facebook strategy of passportjs to authenticate users. This is done with 2 requests/… Read More

How to set the session timeout after log in passportjs? Problem I want to set a session timeout after log in using passportjs. How to set the maxAge for the session using passportjs. What i… Read More

PassportJS, ExpressJS, NodeJS, Creating API w/ Authentication Problem Im using PassportJS in ExpressJS application: In app.js, I have route for admin-only and requiresAdmin function: var… Read More

PassportJS with express (nodejs) upload form Problem I want to make a upload form. This part is done and it work... but now I want to put the same security authentification that I have alre… Read More

Create a facebook login session with passportjs using existing access key? Problem tl;dr: Is there any way to create a facebook login session with passportjs using existing access key? I'm… Read More

Passportjs - How do I request a user's image using the Google strategy? Problem How can I configure my Google API access to request a user's image while authenticating? Currently 'profile'… Read More

PassportJS req.user sending all user data Problem I'm using PassportJS local strategy for user authentication, its working totally fine on. However when I try to console.log(req.user) on an… Read More

Passportjs documentation - meaning of function Problem On this Passportjs.org page, the documentation gives an example of using a LocalStrategy, and within the LocalStrategy, it calls a fun… Read More

How to get a new Google oauth access token from refresh token in passportjs Problem there seems to be some conflicting advice on how to get an access token from a refresh token: This SO an… Read More

Passportjs - req.logout function does not exist Problem I have a route that looks like so: exports.logout = function(res, req){ req.logout() // I blow up res.redirect('/')… Read More

PassportJS in Nodejs never call the callback function Problem I am trying to authenticate the yammer user using Passport. It can get through yammer authentication page and I can click to a… Read More

Get an oauth access token from refresh token in passportjs Problem To determine when to use a refresh token to ask for a new access token, I'm aware of two approaches (below). Are either of… Read More

PassportJS - login credentials in GET request? Problem I'm working on a RESTful web application. I would like to have user registration occur via a POST request (username and password in th… Read More

How does the client side know if it is logged in (passportjs and express on server)? Problem I'm using passportjs on my server for authentication, and I'm wondering if any value gets set on… Read More

Use multiple local strategies in PassportJS Problem 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 us… Read More

PassportJS Custom Authenticate Callback Not Called Problem Update: The below error was fixed by a commit. I've marked the first answer as 'correct', though the commit was brought to my atte… Read More

Passportjs BearerStrategy vs. OAuth2Strategy Problem I'm trying to make a oauth2 client against a custom oauth2 provider using passportjs to authenticate. There's 2 strategy in passportjs t… Read More

How to fix passportjs logout sessions ? Problem In Passportjs, in order to logout after login and using google accounts I'm using this: app.get('/logout', function(req, res){ req.logou… Read More

PassportJS (Google OpenID) nothing in req.user Problem According to the PassportJS docs If authentication succeeds, the next handler will be invoked and the req.user property will be se… Read More

How to handle PassportJS endpoint errors Problem If I visit the Facebook callback link at http://localhost/login?code=*** with a bogus code: FacebookTokenError: Invalid verification code… Read More

Error when using MongoStore with Express Problem I'm trying to store the sessions of my Express app in a MongoStore but I get an error at the connection. The error is a huge Object/JSON tha… Read More

passport.js and process.nextTick in strategy Problem I'm facing something new in nodeJS: process.nextTick In some strategies code examples for passport.js, we can see passport.use(new Loc… Read More

PassportJS callback switch between http and https Problem Right now, when I visit my page at https://example.com and click login, it goes to https://example.com/auth/facebook, which then do… Read More

Express.js Passportjs and unauthorized user Problem Ok, I've been looking into this for a couple of days and I really don't know what the problem is. For some reason, the authentication fai… Read More

How to differentiate Login from Sign up when using PassportJS for Facebook Problem I am trying to set up goals on Google Analytics to track Sign Ups, so I set up a 'thank you ' page as my u… Read More

GET and handle data from DB with node.js express Problem I'm creating a jQuery mobile app and I've a linux server with node.js and express. I think the authentification works fine and the d… Read More

Typescript for passportjs Problem I'm very new to typescript. The idea sounds great and so I want to give it a try and port existing javascript code to typescript. The project I want to por… Read More

Passportjs local strategy is not running Problem I am developing a node.js app and have included the use of passportjs for authentication. But for some reason the login is not firing the l… Read More

req object in passport.authenticate Problem I am using passportjs for authentication on my server. I am using the following code: exports.auth = function(req, res, next){ passport.authen… Read More

Angularjs, Expressjs and passportjs for authentication checks on server side Problem I have a Node.js application where I have used Yeoman scaffolding for Angular. I am also using ExpressJS… Read More

Change view based on user role with MEAN + Passport Problem I'm setting up an authentication scheme with the MEAN stack and PassportJS to authenticate a user via an OpenID provider. When a… Read More

Why isn't my AngularJS/Express/Socket.io app serving the socket.io.js file? Problem I have an Angular/NodeJS app, with Socket.io support added in for some real-time features. I wanted to a… Read More

Prevent Expressjs from creating a session when requests contain an authorization header? Problem I have an API that can be called either using a browser where requests are transactional and… Read More

Creating Secure Password Flows With NodeJS And MySQLCreating Secure Password Flows With NodeJS And MySQL… Read More

Most modern applications require individuals to verify their identity. Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of an individual. A user can interact with a web application u… Read More

What do you believe SaaS can do for your business? Google Cloud, Microsoft Cloud, AWS Cloud, Enterprise Cloud – there’s a lot to explore! It’s almost 2023, so we assume you… Read More

What is Full-Stack Web Development?Full-Stack web development implies knowledge of all parties responsible for the front-end and back-end of a web application. Full-stack web developers are… Read More