lib-authorizer

Authorizing layer for use in a sails policy..

**Requires Node 4.2.0 or higher but shines with 6.x ** ** Expects a Sails 0.12.0 or higher environment **

Examples

Methods

Method	Argument(s)	Returns	Description
authorize	req, resultFunc	authRecord in resultFunc	tries to authorize the given request, if succesfull calls resultFunc() with authRecord found
authorizeAndDecide	req, res, calledAfterSuccess	401 in response or auth record in req.authRecord	authorizes the given request, decides and rejects with a 401 in the response or calls calledAfterSuccess() with no parms

Events

(no events are exposed at the moment)

How to use

(later)

Option field|Description ---|---|---|--- authCall | A function returning a Promise in which the autorization service is called, no arguments. result must be an authorizing record logger | logger to use, must be 'sails compatible', for an example see lib/defaultlogger.js. if not given it's assigned to the sails logger if found, otherwise the defaultlogger.

Example

hasValidToken.js

Authorizer used in a Sails policy

'use strict'

const Authorizer = require('lib_authorizer');


const authCall = function() {
    return Promise.resolve({
        expires: Date.now() + 3600
    });
}


const authorizer = new Authorizer({
    authCall: authCall
});

module.exports = function hasValidToken(req, res, next) {

    authorizer.authorizeAndDecide(req, res, next);

};