there are similar questions but none of them helped. I am using passportjs to authenticate user and I am using custom callback function which is required to call logIn to establish sessions and to be able to use req.user in any route. I am using react.js as frontend my login route is:
router.post('/login',(req, res, next) => {
passport.authenticate("local", (err, user, info) => {
if(err) return next(err);
if (!user) return res.send(info);
req.logIn(user, (err) => {
if(err) return next(err);
//session should established
res.json(user)
});
})(req, res, next);
});
my index.js like this:
const express = require("express")
const bodyParser = require("body-parser")
const passport = require("passport")
const session = require("express-session")
const cookieParser = require("cookie-parser");
const MongoStore = require("connect-mongo")
const User = require("./modules/user")
const app = express()
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
const SessionStore = MongoStore.create({mongoUrl:`mongoDB URL`})
app.use(
session({
secret: 'secret',
resave: false,
saveUninitialized: false,
store: SessionStore //save sessions in mongoDB
})
);
app.use(cookieParser())
app.use(cors({credentials: true, origin: 'http://localhost:3000'}));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
//my local Strategy here
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done){
done(null, user.id)
})
passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done){
User.findById(id, function(err, user) {
done(err, user);
})
})