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npm install redis.auth --save
Note that it requires redis.token npm module to work properly
var redis = require("redis.token")()
var auth = require("redis.auth")(redis, {
//Check for which Express header use when authenticating the client
"header": "authorization",
//The key in the redis session storage you want to check for
"key": "grantType",
//If return error is true it sends a 403 or 500 status based on the error
//Turn this off if you want to do your own error checking
"returnError": true
})
var express = require("express")
var app = express()
var auth = require("redis.auth")()
//Example single user permission
app.get("/user", auth("user"), function(req,res) {
return res.status(200).send("Only users can access this...")
})
//Example multi user permission
app.get("/user", auth(["user", "admin"]), function(req,res) {
return res.status(200).send("Admins and users can access this...")
})
/*
** Assuming the following is in the redis token
** { grantType: user }
** And the header has a valid Redis token...
*/
req.auth = {Redis Object}
return res.status(403).send({
"error": true,
"status": 403,
"message": "No "+config.header+" header supplied..."
})
req.auth = {Redis Object}
//Sets these variables in req so you can check for them on your own
req.error = true
req.errorType = "No "+config.header+" header supplied..."
req.errorCode = 403
return next()
FAQs
A non prescriptive Redis Authentication module for Express
The npm package redis.auth receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, redis.auth popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that redis.auth demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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