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HTTP Basic Authentication with Express 4 using the http-auth module
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var express = require('express'), | |
auth = require('http-auth'); | |
// Configure basic auth | |
var basic = auth.basic({ | |
realm: 'SUPER SECRET STUFF' | |
}, function(username, password, callback) { | |
callback(username == 'admin' && password == 'f00lpr00f'); | |
}); | |
// Set up express app | |
var app = express(); | |
// Create middleware that can be used to protect routes with basic auth | |
var authMiddleware = auth.connect(basic); | |
// Configure an unprotected route | |
app.get('/', function(request, response) { | |
response.send('This is the secret route: <a href="/secret">shhhhhhh!</a>'); | |
}); | |
// Protected route | |
app.get('/secret', authMiddleware, function(request, response) { | |
response.send('you made it!'); | |
}); | |
app.listen(3000); |
Gives the following error:
TypeError: auth.connect is not a function
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