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  • ryantalbot2
    ryantalbot2
    12,537 Points

    it appears several pieces of code are deprecated. I would include them here but I'm not allowed enough room to add them.

    Posted August 21, 2020 1:34am by ryantalbot2
    ryantalbot2
    12,537 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Luis Marsano
    Luis Marsano
    21,425 Points

    Status code 401 seems incorrect. Is there a better solution?

    Posted June 30, 2018 12:27am by Luis Marsano
    Luis Marsano
    21,425 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    3 Answers

  • Serdar Halac
    Serdar Halac
    15,259 Points

    Is sending the SessionID by cookie safer than sending the UserID by cookie because sessionID expires by UserID doesn't?

    Posted April 7, 2018 9:04am by Serdar Halac
    Serdar Halac
    15,259 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    0 Answers

  • Ikuyasu Usui
    Ikuyasu Usui
    40 Points

    Is this the standard method to add the authentication on express with mongoose?

    Posted December 3, 2017 4:57pm by Ikuyasu Usui
    Ikuyasu Usui
    40 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Brian Anstett
    Brian Anstett
    5,831 Points

    req.session is 'undefined' outside the user.authenticate() callback function

    Posted November 3, 2017 12:34am by Brian Anstett
    Brian Anstett
    5,831 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Victor Novikov
    Victor Novikov
    6,322 Points

    "User id is never send to the client browser" -- but what do the send in a cookie then?

    Posted October 6, 2017 4:51am by Victor Novikov
    Victor Novikov
    6,322 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Gjgg Hghh
    Gjgg Hghh
    50 Points

    User.authenticate gets error

    Posted September 25, 2017 6:37am by Gjgg Hghh
    Gjgg Hghh
    50 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    0 Answers

  • Myron Castillo
    Myron Castillo
    12,916 Points

    How is the 'user' in 'user._id' established as being the holder of all of the user information? Where was that set up?

    Posted July 4, 2017 4:06pm by Myron Castillo
    Myron Castillo
    12,916 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Kartikey Singh
    Kartikey Singh
    4,592 Points

    Can't understand callback function

    Posted June 6, 2017 7:44pm by Kartikey Singh
    Kartikey Singh
    4,592 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Corey Hayden
    Corey Hayden
    11,717 Points

    what exactly does the mongoose 'exec' method do?

    Posted May 12, 2017 8:49pm by Corey Hayden
    Corey Hayden
    11,717 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Juliette Tworsey
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,628 Points

    Stormpath Link

    Posted April 14, 2017 7:28pm by Juliette Tworsey
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,628 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    0 Answers

  • PoJung Chen
    PoJung Chen
    5,856 Points

    When will "user not found" error in user.js been shown?

    Posted April 10, 2017 3:41am by PoJung Chen
    PoJung Chen
    5,856 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Brendan Moran
    Brendan Moran
    14,052 Points

    A solution for more specific error handling

    Posted February 10, 2017 1:49am by Brendan Moran
    Brendan Moran
    14,052 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Anand Mohan Duddella
    PLUS
    Anand Mohan Duddella
    Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points

    the session id which is set with the user id in the User.authenticate() function is not available outside

    Posted November 9, 2016 4:59pm by Anand Mohan Duddella
    Anand Mohan Duddella
    Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Daniel Conde
    Daniel Conde
    3,881 Points

    Dealing with error in bcrypt.compare callback

    Posted August 7, 2016 2:55am by Daniel Conde
    Daniel Conde
    3,881 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

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