Express Http Basic Auth

Installation

$ npm install express-http-auth

Quick Start

Per route authorization

To obtain a "per route authorization", you can use the module as middleware. It's up to you to check the information.

var private = require('express-http-auth').realm('Private Area');

app.get('/private_area', private, function(req, res) {
  if (req.username == 'Foo' && req.password == 'Bar') {
    
  } else {
    res.send(403);
  }
});

To not repeat yourself, you better write a authorization middleware.

var realm = require('express-http-auth').realm('Private Area');

var checkUser = function(req, res, next) {
  if (req.username == 'Foo' && req.password == 'Bar') {
    next();
  } else {
    res.send(403);
  }   
}

var private = [realm, checkUser];

app.get('/private_area', private, function(req, res) {
  // your normal code
  res.send('Hello '+req.username);
});

app.get('/protected_area', private, function(req, res) {
  // your normal code
  …
});

Global authorization

Enables http basic authorization for the express framework.

var http_auth = require('express-http-auth');

// Configuration
app.configure(function() {
  // Require http auth
  app.use(http_auth.realm('Private Area'));
  …
}

Express will now ask for authorization on every request. The authorization informations will be available in the request object.