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-# Express examples
-
-This page contains list of examples using Express.
-
-- [auth](./auth) - Authentication with login and password
-- [content-negotiation](./content-negotiation) - HTTP content negotiation
-- [cookie-sessions](./cookie-sessions) - Working with cookie-based sessions
-- [cookies](./cookies) - Working with cookies
-- [downloads](./downloads) - Transferring files to client
-- [ejs](./ejs) - Working with Embedded JavaScript templating (ejs)
-- [error-pages](./error-pages) - Creating error pages
-- [error](./error) - Working with error middleware
-- [hello-world](./hello-world) - Simple request handler
-- [markdown](./markdown) - Markdown as template engine
-- [multi-router](./multi-router) - Working with multiple Express routers
-- [multipart](./multipart) - Accepting multipart-encoded forms
-- [mvc](./mvc) - MVC-style controllers
-- [online](./online) - Tracking online user activity with `online` and `redis` packages
-- [params](./params) - Working with route parameters
-- [resource](./resource) - Multiple HTTP operations on the same resource
-- [route-map](./route-map) - Organizing routes using a map
-- [route-middleware](./route-middleware) - Working with route middleware
-- [route-separation](./route-separation) - Organizing routes per each resource
-- [search](./search) - Search API
-- [session](./session) - User sessions
-- [static-files](./static-files) - Serving static files
-- [vhost](./vhost) - Working with virtual hosts
-- [view-constructor](./view-constructor) - Rendering views dynamically
-- [view-locals](./view-locals) - Saving data in request object between middleware calls
-- [web-service](./web-service) - Simple API service
diff --git a/examples/auth/index.js b/examples/auth/index.js
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-'use strict'
-
-/**
- * Module dependencies.
- */
-
-var express = require('../..');
-var hash = require('pbkdf2-password')()
-var path = require('path');
-var session = require('express-session');
-
-var app = module.exports = express();
-
-// config
-
-app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
-app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
-
-// middleware
-
-app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
-app.use(session({
- resave: false, // don't save session if unmodified
- saveUninitialized: false, // don't create session until something stored
- secret: 'shhhh, very secret'
-}));
-
-// Session-persisted message middleware
-
-app.use(function(req, res, next){
- var err = req.session.error;
- var msg = req.session.success;
- delete req.session.error;
- delete req.session.success;
- res.locals.message = '';
- if (err) res.locals.message = '' + err + '
';
- if (msg) res.locals.message = '' + msg + '
';
- next();
-});
-
-// dummy database
-
-var users = {
- tj: { name: 'tj' }
-};
-
-// when you create a user, generate a salt
-// and hash the password ('foobar' is the pass here)
-
-hash({ password: 'foobar' }, function (err, pass, salt, hash) {
- if (err) throw err;
- // store the salt & hash in the "db"
- users.tj.salt = salt;
- users.tj.hash = hash;
-});
-
-
-// Authenticate using our plain-object database of doom!
-
-function authenticate(name, pass, fn) {
- if (!module.parent) console.log('authenticating %s:%s', name, pass);
- var user = users[name];
- // query the db for the given username
- if (!user) return fn(null, null)
- // apply the same algorithm to the POSTed password, applying
- // the hash against the pass / salt, if there is a match we
- // found the user
- hash({ password: pass, salt: user.salt }, function (err, pass, salt, hash) {
- if (err) return fn(err);
- if (hash === user.hash) return fn(null, user)
- fn(null, null)
- });
-}
-
-function restrict(req, res, next) {
- if (req.session.user) {
- next();
- } else {
- req.session.error = 'Access denied!';
- res.redirect('/login');
- }
-}
-
-app.get('/', function(req, res){
- res.redirect('/login');
-});
-
-app.get('/restricted', restrict, function(req, res){
- res.send('Wahoo! restricted area, click to logout');
-});
-
-app.get('/logout', function(req, res){
- // destroy the user's session to log them out
- // will be re-created next request
- req.session.destroy(function(){
- res.redirect('/');
- });
-});
-
-app.get('/login', function(req, res){
- res.render('login');
-});
-
-app.post('/login', function (req, res, next) {
- authenticate(req.body.username, req.body.password, function(err, user){
- if (err) return next(err)
- if (user) {
- // Regenerate session when signing in
- // to prevent fixation
- req.session.regenerate(function(){
- // Store the user's primary key
- // in the session store to be retrieved,
- // or in this case the entire user object
- req.session.user = user;
- req.session.success = 'Authenticated as ' + user.name
- + ' click to logout. '
- + ' You may now access /restricted.';
- res.redirect('back');
- });
- } else {
- req.session.error = 'Authentication failed, please check your '
- + ' username and password.'
- + ' (use "tj" and "foobar")';
- res.redirect('/login');
- }
- });
-});
-
-/* istanbul ignore next */
-if (!module.parent) {
- app.listen(3000);
- console.log('Express started on port 3000');
-}
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-
-