node-aptoma-plugin-auth

node-aptoma-plugin-auth

This is a NodeJS adaptation of the Aptoma Plugin API's auth module, originally implemented in PHP.

It is exposed as an express compatible request handler. The intention is that you attach it to any endpoint you wish.

For more details, see the original module.

Example usage

var app = require('express')();
var auth = require('node-aptoma-plugin-auth');

app.get('/auth', auth(
  'example-app',
  'DrPublish'
));

app.listen(8080);

Documentation

The module node-aptoma-plugin-auth provides an initializer function. Let's call it auth, as in:

var auth = require('node-aptoma-plugin-auth');

auth takes 3 parameters:

• appName
• key
• pluginUrl (optional)

And returns an express compatible GET request hander function(req, res) that you can plug in anywhere. See quick example above.

The pluginUrl parameter, if supplied, can be a string or a function (req) that outputs the URL after being fed a request object. If omitted, the resulting handler will "autodetect" and assume that whatever URL it is being called as is the plugin URL.