I found the following post on how deserializeUser is supposed to work: PassportJS serializeUser and deserializeUser execution flow
However When I try and send a JSON to the server which contains the key for the user, I cannot call req.user to find the user's details.
I am unsure on how to check what is going on because a lot of stuff is going on under the hood.
Does passport expect that I send a cookie to express containing the key? Any specific name for the cookie or format? Does it require that I sent the key in JSON format?
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
var cors = require('cors')
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var http = require('http')
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
app.use(cookieParser('someSecret'));
var session = require('express-session');
app.use(session());
var flash=require("connect-flash");
app.use(flash());
passport.use(new LocalStrategy({
usernameField: 'username',
passwordField: 'password',
session: true,
passReqToCallback: true
},
function(req, username, password, done){
registrationModel.findOne({username: username}, function(err, user){
if (err) { return done(err); }
if (!user){
console.log("Username incorrect")
return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect username.'});
}
if (user.password != password){
console.log("Password Incorrect")
return done(null, false, { message: 'Incorrect Password.'});
} else {
console.log("Returning good stuff")
console.log(user)
return done(null, user);
}
});
}
));
//Needed for authenticating the session and initializing passport
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
console.log("Serializing User")
console.log(user.id)
console.log("Should be serialized")
done(null, user.id);
});
passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done){
users.User.findById(id, function(err, User) {
console.log('attempting to deserialize user')
console.log(user)
console.log('--------------')
if (User){
done(err, User);
} else {
done(err, null);
}
})
})
app.post('/api/authenticate', passport.authenticate('local'),
function(req, res){
const individualIWant = jsonQuery('req.sessionStore.sessions')
res.cookie('FreeUp', req.session.passport.user)
var cookie = JSON.stringify(req.session.passport.user)
res.send({'name': 'FreeUp', 'value': cookie})
})
I can see a cookie in the browser: name:"FreeUp" value:""59c4cf4ecb364a000f23a707""
The value is the database ID for the object and not the key for the serialized object. I understand that I need to access the key for serialized object by using res.req.sessionID and to send that back instead.
However the point still stands, I do not know whether to send it back as a json file or a cookie. It seems like such a complex library to use.
Which format does passport expect me to use when sending the data back from Ember?
Thanks!
