Just Can't Get Passport.js To Work

edit: sorry it's so long now, added in the compiled JS! I also added Kevs suggestions. I am developing a MEAN stack application (MongoDB, ExpressJS, Angular, NodeJS) and having a g

Solution 1:

You're not setting the initial parameter of passport.use and passing the req back to the callback for example - from my code:

passport.use('local-login', new LocalStrategy({
    // by default, local strategy uses username and password, we will override with email
    usernameField : 'email',
    passwordField : 'password',
    passReqToCallback : true// allows us to pass back the entire request to the callback
},
function(req, email, password, done) {

    // asynchronous// User.findOne wont fire unless data is sent back
    process.nextTick(function() {

      db.Account.findOne( { ...

You can then authenticate using:

passport.authenticate('local-login',function(err,user,info){

In your case you are calling passport.authenticate 'local' so your first parameter in passport.use should be 'local' so that it calls the correct strategy

Solution 2:

My passport strategies are almost identical, with one exception: serializing user to its _id property. I suspect that might be the problem, since in your deserialize method you are using the _id directly, but passing done null, user in serialize.

passport.serializeUser (user, done) ->
  if user
    done null, user?._id

Solution 3:

I think its even simpler than the answers posted here. you need if error? and if not user? with the ?s. Without the ?s, it does a true/false check, but with the ?s it does a null check which is what you want.

Try this code:

Account = mongoose.model 'account'

passport.use 'local-login', new LocalStrategy (_username, password, done) ->
    Account.findOne {username:_username}, (error, user) ->
        if error?
            done error,null
        elseif not user?
           done null, false, {message:'Incorrect username.'}
        elsedone null,user
passport.serializeUser (user, done) ->
   console.log 'serialize user'if user?
       done null, user._id
passport.deserializeUser (id, done) ->
    Account.findOne({_id:id}).exec (error, user) ->
        if user?
            returndone null, user
        elsereturndone null, false