Redirect after Basic Http Auth Express.js

Question

I want to make a private access to an application using express.js like .htaccess and .htpasswd do in my php project.

Here is my code :

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  basic.apply(req, res, function(username) {
    res.redirect(routes.index);
  });
});

The problem is I get an error :

500 TypeError: Object function (req, res){ res.render('index', { title: 'Express' }); } has no method 'indexOf'

Without authentication,

app.get('/', routes.index);

works without any troubles.

I think about a middleware to read my index and then use res.send()... May it works? or what did I miss?

lmjohns3 · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-06 16:52:26Z

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I think the argument to res.redirect needs to be a URL string, right ? You seem to be passing in a request handler (function (req, res) {...}).

answered Aug 6, 2013 at 16:52

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Jérôme Over a year ago

well, in that way, using res.redirect is not good. Because I need url rewriting. http:// url.com / -> call routes/index.js

lmjohns3 Over a year ago

Yeah. You could probably just remove the call to res.redirect entirely and just invoke your routes.index handler function directly inside the basic.apply callback ?

Jérôme Over a year ago

I already tried it, but maybe I was wrong. basic.apply(req, res, function(username) { //... }, routes.index); This doesn't return an error but it doesn't call index neither

lmjohns3 Over a year ago

That's right, you need to actually call the handler yourself: routes.index(req, res).

gevorg Over a year ago

Isn't question about http-auth usage, if so this don't answer it.

gevorg · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-05 10:59:05Z

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I think usage pattern now is different

// Authentication module.
var auth = require('http-auth');
var basic = auth.basic({
    realm: "Simon Area.",
    file: __dirname + "/../data/users.htpasswd" // gevorg:gpass, Sarah:testpass ...
});

// Application setup.
var app = express();

// Setup route.
app.get('/', auth.connect(basic), routes.index);

edited Jun 5, 2016 at 10:59

answered Apr 22, 2016 at 11:13

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