redis.auth

A non prescriptive Redis Authentication module for Express

By Chris Cates :star:

Installation

npm install redis.auth --save

Configuration

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
})

Example Express middleware

var express = require("express")
var app = express()

var auth = require("redis.auth")()

//Example single user permission
app.get("/user", auth("user"), function(req,res) {
  //req.auth = stored Redis.Token Object
  return res.status(200).send("Only users can access this...")
})

//Example multi user permission
app.get("/user", auth(["user", "admin"]), function(req,res) {
  //req.auth = stored Redis.Token Object 
  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...
*/

Example status returns:

With returnError = true

return res.status(403).send({
  "error": true,
  "status": 403,
  "message": "No "+config.header+" header supplied..."
})

With returnError = false

//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()

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