Part of the Explita Cloud Auth Platform

A lightweight authentication middleware for Node.js and Express.js — built as a core component of the Explita Cloud Auth platform. It simplifies authentication in your backend by providing easy-to-use utilities for managing tokens, sessions, cookies, and multi-factor auth with OTP support.

✨ Features

• 🔐 Seamless JWT session management
• 💼 Designed for Express.js APIs and server functions
• 📲 Supports both token-based and OTP-based authentication
• 🍪 Built-in cookie handling for secure session flow

🚀 Installation

npm install @explita/cloud-auth-express

or

yarn add @explita/cloud-auth-express

or

pnpm add @explita/cloud-auth-express

This package only works with Express.js

Usage

import {
  authenticateRequest,
  requirePermission,
} from "@explita/cloud-auth-express";

const app = express();

//exclude paths that don't require authentication
const excludedPaths = ["/auth/register"];

app.use(authenticateRequest({ exclude: excludedPaths }));

//example of a protected route
app.get("/protected", (req, res) => {
  res.send("This is a protected route, you are authenticated");
});

//require permission
app.get("/admin", requirePermission("admin"), (req, res) => {
  res.send("This is an admin route");
});

//require role
app.get("/moderator", requirePermission("moderator"), (req, res) => {
  res.send("This is a moderator route");
});

//available functions
verifyUser;
registerUser;
updateUser;
updateUserMetadata;
getUsers;
getUserById;
toggleUserStatus;
changePassword;

getRoles;
addRole;
updateRole;
assignPermission;

Getting started

Sign up for an account at Explita Cloud, create a project, add auth service and get your API key from the dashboard and add it to your environment variables.

🔐 Authentication Methods

Use JWT tokens for stateless authentication. The library provides helpers to manage tokens and sessions using cookies.

📄 License

MIT — Made with ❤️ by Explita