passport local strategy not getting called

Question

I\'m sure I\'m missing something really obvious here, but I can\'t figure this out. The function I\'ve passed to the LocalStrategy constructor doesn\'t get called when the l

Answer 1

For me everything was setup properly.. The issue was that I was collecting form data and then creating a json from form data and send it like JSON.stringify(formdatajson) to server. (For me login form was a popup on screen)

I Found my mistake by debugging passportjs...

If you also have same problem and none of the above solution seems working for you then debug passportjs.

open

strategy.js

put debugger in below method.

Strategy.prototype.authenticate 

Check what form data is coming for you. Hope this help ...