http-auth

What is http-auth?

The http-auth npm package provides basic and digest access authentication for Node.js applications. It allows developers to secure their web applications by requiring users to provide a username and password before accessing certain routes or resources.

What are http-auth's main functionalities?

Basic Authentication

This feature allows you to set up basic authentication for your Node.js server. Users will need to provide a username and password to access the protected routes.

const http = require('http');
const auth = require('http-auth');

const basic = auth.basic({
  realm: 'Simon Area',
  file: __dirname + '/users.htpasswd' // user:password in htpasswd format
});

http.createServer(basic, (req, res) => {
  res.end(`Welcome to private area - ${req.user}!`);
}).listen(1337, () => {
  console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
});

Digest Authentication

This feature allows you to set up digest authentication for your Node.js server. Digest authentication is more secure than basic authentication as it uses MD5 hashing.

const http = require('http');
const auth = require('http-auth');

const digest = auth.digest({
  realm: 'Simon Area',
  file: __dirname + '/users.htdigest' // user:realm:password in htdigest format
});

http.createServer(digest, (req, res) => {
  res.end(`Welcome to private area - ${req.user}!`);
}).listen(1337, () => {
  console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
});

Other packages similar to http-auth

express-basic-auth

The express-basic-auth package provides basic authentication middleware for Express applications. It is simpler to use with Express compared to http-auth and integrates seamlessly with the Express framework.

passport-http

The passport-http package is a Passport strategy for HTTP Basic and Digest authentication. It is part of the Passport.js ecosystem, which provides a wide range of authentication strategies and is highly extensible.

basic-auth

The basic-auth package is a simple tool for parsing basic authentication headers. It does not provide full authentication middleware but can be used in conjunction with other packages to implement basic authentication.

README

http-auth

Utility that is creating HTTP server with basic authentication.

Installation

Via git (or downloaded tarball):

$ git clone git://github.com/gevorg/http-auth.git

Via npm:

$ npm install http-auth

Usage

/**
 * HTTP Auth library.
 */
var httpAuth = require('http-auth');

/**
 * Creates private HTTP server.
 */
httpAuth.createServer('Sharon', 'bus412--', function(request, response) {
    response.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
    response.end("<pre>Hi Sharon, welcome to private server.</pre>");
}).listen(8000);

Server startup params

• username - Username that will be used in basic authentication.
• password - Password that will be used in basic authentication.
• callback - Callback function that will be called after server will start.

License

The GPL version 3, read it at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt