Passport authenticate callback is not passed req and res

Question

this authenticate works fine and I get a redirect:

server.post(authPostRoute, passport.authenticate(
    \'local\'
    , { successRedirect: \'/\', failureRed         


        

Answer 1

Enable passReqToCallback to get the request in callback. Like this:

passport.use(new FacebookStrategy({
    clientID: '555555555555555',
    clientSecret: '555555555555555555555',
    callbackURL: "http://localhost:3000/auth/facebook/callback",
    enableProof: false,
    passReqToCallback: true
  },
  // The request will be provided as 1st param
  function(req, accessToken, refreshToken, profile, done) {
  });...

Answer 2

OK, I was working on ripping out my custom authentication and replacing it with passport for 9 hours yesterday. Between getting the node-orm to expos the model outside of the request and dealing with the flow of ordering things I was a little burned out. THe code examples are accurate, I just needed to read more carefully:

// traditional route handler, passed req/res
server.post(authPostRoute, function(req, res, next) {

  // generate the authenticate method and pass the req/res
  passport.authenticate('local', function(err, user, info) {
    if (err) { return next(err); }
    if (!user) { return res.redirect('/'); }

    // req / res held in closure
    req.logIn(user, function(err) {
      if (err) { return next(err); }
      return res.send(user);
    });

  })(req, res, next);

});