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missing basicAuth

   February 24, 2021  1 Comment on missing basicAuth

This code works fine on 3.5.0, fails with the trace below in 4.0.0-rc3

app.use(express.basicAuth('username', 'password'));
                ^
TypeError: Object function createApplication() {
  var app = function(req, res, next) {
    app.handle(req, res, next);
  };

  mixin(app, proto);
  mixin(app, EventEmitter.prototype);

  app.request = { __proto__: req, app: app };
  app.response = { __proto__: res, app: app };
  app.init();
  return app;
} has no method 'basicAuth'
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/mman/Projects/MMP2PSession/Server/mmrelay/mmrelay.js:44:17)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:902:3

Author: Fantashit

1 thought on “missing basicAuth”

  1. @Natim @mman Just posted an example at http://danielstjules.com/2014/08/03/basic-auth-with-express-4/ for future readers

    var basicAuth = require('basic-auth');

/**
 * Simple basic auth middleware for use with Express 4.x.
 *
 * @example
 * app.use('/api-requiring-auth', utils.basicAuth('username', 'password'));
 *
 * @param   {string}   username Expected username
 * @param   {string}   password Expected password
 * @returns {function} Express 4 middleware requiring the given credentials
 */
exports.basicAuth = function(username, password) {
  return function(req, res, next) {
    var user = basicAuth(req);

    if (!user || user.name !== username || user.pass !== password) {
      res.set('WWW-Authenticate', 'Basic realm=Authorization Required');
      return res.send(401);
    }

    next();
  };
};

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