passport-anonymous
Passport strategy for anonymous authentication.
This module lets you provide anonymous authentication in your Node.js applications. By plugging into Passport, anonymous authentication can be easily and unobtrusively integrated into any application or framework that supports Connect-style middleware, including Express.
Install
$ npm install passport-anonymous
Usage
Configure Strategy
The anonymous authentication strategy passes authentication for a request,
with req.user remaining undefined.
passport.use(new AnonymousStrategy());
Authenticate Requests
Use passport.authenticate(), specifying the 'anonymous' strategy, to
pass authentication of a request. This is typically used alongside a strategy
that verifies credentials, as a fallback for routes that prefer authentication
but can also respond to unauthenticated requests.
For example, as route middleware in an Express application:
app.post('/hello',
passport.authenticate(['basic', 'anonymous'], { session: false }),
function(req, res) {
if (req.user) {
res.json({ name: req.user.username });
} else {
res.json({ name: 'anonymous' });
}
});
Examples
For a complete, working example, refer to the login example.
Tests
$ npm install
$ npm test
Credits
License
Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Jared Hanson <http://jaredhanson.net/>
