hapi-auth-bearer-simple

Hapi authentication plugin

hapi Bearer Token Authentication Scheme

What

The plugin requires validating a token passed in by the bearer authorization header. The validation function is something you have to provide to the plugin.

How

var validateFunction = function (token, callback) {

    // Use a real strategy here to check if the token is valid
    if (token === 'abc456789') {
        callback(null, true, userCredentials);
    } else {
        callback(null, false, userCredentials);
    }
};

server.register(require('hapi-auth-bearer-simple'), function (err) {

    if (err) throw err;

    server.auth.strategy('bearer', 'bearerAuth', {
        validateFunction: validateFunction
    });

    // Add a standard route here as example
    server.route({
        method: 'GET',
        path: '/',
        handler: function (request, reply) {

            reply({ success: true });
        },
        config: {
            auth: {
                strategy: 'bearer',
                scope: 'user' // or [ 'user', 'admin' ]
            }
        }
    });

    server.start(function () {

        server.log([],'Server started at: ' + server.info.uri);
    });
});

• validateFunc - (required) a token lookup and validation function with the signature function (token, [request], callback)
  • token - the auth token received from the client.
  • request - Optional request object. See below.
  • callback - a callback function with the signature function (err, isValid, credentials) where:
    • err - any error.
    • isValid - true if both the username was found and the password matched, otherwise false.
    • credentials - an object passed back to the plugin and which will become available in the requestobject as request.auth.credentials. Normally credentials are only included when isValidis true. This object can be only the token as in the example but is preferably all the info you need from the authenticated user
• exposeRequest - (optional / advanced) If set to true the validateFunction's signature will be function (token, request, callback). This can be usefull if you have plugins that expose certain functions/object to the request object and you want to use them in your validateFunction. Be aware that modifying the object is not recommended because this is the same object that you will use in the whole lifecycle. Also exposing functions/object to the resuest object during the validation is not recommended. Follow the Hapi standards whenever you can!

Notes

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• You can chain strategies see http://hapijs.com/api#serverauthschemename-scheme.
• If you have any problems and/or questions make a new issue.
• If you want to contribute feel free to fork and add a pull request or again make an issue.