NodeJs Basic Auth using Session

NodeJs Basic auth which covers brief introduction of the following:

• bcryptjs [to hash password]
• mongoose [database model]
• client-sessions [to manage session]
• express-session [to manage session]
• csurf [to manage csrf token]

New Features

• Hashing password using bcryptjs
• Using session middleware
• Using csrf token to validate the form

We can also use other module to manage session:

• https://www.npmjs.com/package/cookie-session
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/client-session
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/cookie-parser

Tech

This repo uses number of packages/modules:

• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/bcryptjs] - bcryptjs
• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser] - body-parser
• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/client-sessions] - client-sessions
• [https://github.com/expressjs/csurf] - csurf
• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/ejs] - ejs
• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/express] - express
• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-sessions] - express-session
• [https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose] - mongoose

Installation

It requires Node.js v7+ to run.

Install the dependencies and devDependencies and start the server.

$ cd node-authentication-session
$ npm install
$ npm start

Screen-shots

1. Index Page

2. Login Page

3. Register Page

4. Dashboard Page