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node.jspassport.js
user49126
user49126

Reputation: 1863

Response returns a 302 instead of a 401 http status

I'm building a REST api using express and I want to add authetication to the app. On the client side I have a Angularjs application.

I have this code for the authentication request

app.get('/auth/google', passport.authenticate('google'));

But this code returns a 302 http status, which isn't very helpful in a REST api application. I guess a 401 status code would be more helpful.

I have installed passport-google 0.3

Am I missing something here ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1843

Answers (1)

Leonid Beschastny
Leonid Beschastny

Reputation: 51480

I doubt that passport-google has been intended to be used from REST API.

302 is a redirect status code. passport-google expects that /auth/google page has been opened in a browser, so it's redirecting user to google.com authentication dialog.

Try opening it in your browser and what will happen.

Update:

I have a feeling that you picked up the wrong tool. Look at passport-localapikey module, or search for any other REST authentication solution.

I don't think that you'll be able to use passport-google from pure REST API without hacking it (e.g. monkey-patching its internal parts).

Upvotes: 2

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