Openmaize.Authenticate
Module to authenticate users using Json Web Tokens.
Json Web Tokens
Json Web Tokens (JWTs) are an alternative to using cookies to identify, and provide information about, users after they have logged in.
One main advantage of using JWTs is that there is no need to keep a session store as the token can be used to contain user information. It is important, though, not to keep sensitive information in the token as the information is not encrypted — it is just encoded.
The JWTs need to be stored somewhere, either in cookies or sessionStorage (or localStorage), so that they can be used in subsequent requests. With this module, if you store the token in a cookie, this module handles all of the authentication process. If, however, you want to store the token in sessionStorage, you will need to add the token to sessionStorage with the front-end framework you are using and add the token to the request headers for each request.
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| call(conn, arg2) | This function checks the token, which is either in a cookie or the request headers, and authenticates the user based on the information in the token |
Functions
This function checks the token, which is either in a cookie or the request headers, and authenticates the user based on the information in the token.