Another (hopefully simple) passport question (passport.authenticate())
I'm following a great passport guide by a guy called zach gollwitzer - would really recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-sFp_AvHc8
He talks about using the
as middleware in my route:
So
He says that I don't need
So I'm guessing I can just deal with the successful logic in
He talks about using the
as middleware in my route:
So
route.post('/login', passport.authenticate(...), controller.login())He says that I don't need
controller.login() because authenticate provides success and failure redirects. But I'm using a REST backend, so I'm not redirecting anywhere. The passport docs say that the function will produce an HTTP 401 Unauthorized response... and the request-response cycle will end. when authentication fails.So I'm guessing I can just deal with the successful logic in
controller.login(), and that authenticate will just call next if successful?YouTubefreeCodeCamp.org
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