passport's req.isAuthenticated always returning false, even when I hardcode done(null, true)

Question

I\'m trying to get my Passport local strategy working.

I\'ve got this middleware set up:

passport.use(new LocalStrategy(function(username, password,         


        

Answer 1

I also faced the same problem even though logging in was happening. The mistake I did was calling the middleware isLoggedIn before initializing the passport. So the sequence in which you write the code is quite important.Please see to it that the sequence is written in the right order. I had written in the following sequence

app.use(require('express-session')({
    secret:'short' ,
    resave:false,
  saveUninitialized:false,
  cookie:{secure:false}
}))
app.use(passport.initialize())
app.use(passport.session())
passport.use(new localstrategy(function(username, password, done) {
    User.findOne({ username: username }, function (err, user) {
      if (err) { return done(err); }
      if (!user) { return done(null, false); }
      if (user.password!=password) { return done(null, false); }
      return done(null, user);
    });
  }
))
passport.serializeUser(User.serializeUser())
passport.deserializeUser(User.deserializeUser())
app.use(isLoggedIn);