javascriptnode.jspassport.jskoakoa-passport

Automatically logging in a user with KoaJS and PassportJS


I'm trying to automatically log in a user with PassportJS.

This is my current code:

myRouter.get('/signin', function* (next) {

    user = {...};

    var res = this.res; // needed for the function below
    this.req.login(user, function(err) {
        if (err)
            console.log('error logging in user - '+err);
        return res.redirect('/'); // <--- line 439
    });
});

But when I run it, I get the error:

  error logging in user - TypeError: undefined is not a function
  TypeError: undefined is not a function
      at /srv/www/domain.com/app.js:439:32
      at /srv/www/domain.com/node_modules/koa-passport/node_modules/passport/lib/http/request.js:49:48
      at pass (/srv/www/domain.com/node_modules/koa-passport/node_modules/passport/lib/authenticator.js:293:14)
      at Authenticator.serializeUser (/srv/www/domain.com/node_modules/koa-passport/node_modules/passport/lib/authenticator.js:295:5)
      at Object.req.login.req.logIn (/srv/www/domain.com/node_modules/koa-passport/node_modules/passport/lib/http/request.js:48:29)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/srv/www/domain.com/app.js:434:26)
      at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.next (native)
      at Object.dispatch (/srv/www/domain.com/node_modules/koa-router/lib/router.js:317:14)
      at GeneratorFunctionPrototype.next (native)
      at Object.<anonymous> (/srv/www/domain.com/node_modules/koa-common/node_modules/koa-mount/index.js:56:23)

Solution

  • A quick semi-derp moment and I realize to redirect in koa it does not use res but this, you must do the following:

    var res = this; // needed for the next function
    this.req.login(user, function(err) {
        if (err)
            console.log('error logging in user - '+err);
        return res.redirect('/');
    });