iron-curtain

Simple authentication middleware for an express server.

Installation

$ npm install iron-curtain

Quick-Start

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.use(require('iron-curtain')({
	passwords: ['password1'],// required
	loginTimeout: 1000 * 60 * 60,// in milliseconds
	cookieName: 'auth_token'// make sure you're not using this somewhere else 
}));

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
	res.end('<h1>Hello World</h1>');
});

app.listen(80, () => console.log('Listening on port 80'));

Reference

Options

• passwords

  Either a single string for one password or an array of passwords used to log in.

• cookieName

  The name of the cookie where the auth token is stored. Make sure you're not using this for anything else in your project.

• hash

  A function to hash user submitted passwords. If this is used all passwords originally entered must be entered in a hashed form. Defaults to no hash.

• loginTimeout

  The amount of time in milliseconds that the user is authenticated for.

express.Request

• authenticated

  A boolean of if the request has a valid token or not.

• token

  • expires

    The time when the token will expire.

  • sourcePassword

    The password index that was used to log in.