Restify and Passport /cc Hal Robertson

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// Based off example code from Hal Robertson
// https://github.com/halrobertson/test-restify-passport-facebook
// See discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/passportjs/zCz0nXB_gao

var restify = require('restify')

// config vars
var FB_LOGIN_PATH    = '/api/facebook_login'
var FB_CALLBACK_PATH = '/api/facebook_callback'
var FB_APPID = '<<YOUR APPID HERE>>'
var FB_APPSECRET = '<<YOUR APPSECRET HERE>>'
var SERVER_PREFIX = 'http://localhost:3000'

// set up server
var server = restify.createServer()
server.use(restify.queryParser());

// set up passport-facebook
var passport         = require('passport')
  , FacebookStrategy = require('passport-facebook').Strategy;

// initialize passport
server.use(passport.initialize());

// Sessions aren't used in this example.  To enabled sessions, enable the
// `session` option and implement session support with user serialization.
// See here for info: http://passportjs.org/guide/configuration.html

var fb_login_handler    = passport.authenticate('facebook', { session: false })
var fb_callback_handler = passport.authenticate('facebook', { session: false }) 
var fb_callback_handler2 = function(req, res) {
    console.log('we b logged in!')
    console.dir(req.user)
    // be sure to send a response
    res.send('Welcome ' + req.user.displayName);
}

server.get(FB_LOGIN_PATH,    fb_login_handler)
server.get(FB_CALLBACK_PATH, fb_callback_handler, fb_callback_handler2)

passport.use(new FacebookStrategy({
    clientID:     FB_APPID,
    clientSecret: FB_APPSECRET,
    callbackURL:  SERVER_PREFIX + FB_CALLBACK_PATH
  },
  function(accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) {
      console.log('accessToken='+accessToken+' facebookId='+profile.id)
      return done(null, profile)
  })
)

// Start the app by listening on <port>
var port =  process.env.PORT || 3000
server.listen(port)
console.log('App started on port ' + port)

I'm quite new to Restify, so maybe I'm being a little naive. But Restify has a static files plugin where it can serve up static files: http://mcavage.me/node-restify/#Bundled-Plugins

I am using Restify for a REST API backend of an AngularJS based website. I am having Restify serve up my html, css and js files and it's working pretty well so far.

@jaredhanson @halrobertson any chance you guys could make a quick addition as to how you would authenticate against subsequent endpoints?

I have the login working and the request token (using passport-google), however after the initial authentication I am not sure how to check for a user any subsequent endpoint requests. from what I have read I was expecting a user object to be available in the req, however this doesn't seem to be the case. Not sure if I've missed something.

Being a REST service I obviously don't want to use sessions, so should I just be calling..

server.get('/my/path', passport.authenticate('facebook', { session: false }), function() {
    /* do some stuff */
})

@thatguynamedandy the same happened to me, and I had to be explicit in the property that will hold the user object, due to some issue with passport.js:

server.get('/my/path', passport.authenticate('facebook', { session: false, assignedProperty:'user' }), function() {
    /* do some stuff */
})

With that change everything worked ok ^^

Doing this just keeps redirecting me to log in each time.