Node.js: Authentication and Authorization
This course will teach you how to manage authentication and authorization in a Node.js app with Express.
What you'll learn
Many web applications allow users to create an account and login to access certain content or personalize their experience. In this course, Node.js: Authentication and Authorization, you’ll learn two different ways to add authentication and authorization to your Node.js and Express applications. First, you’ll explore session-based auth with the express-session library. Next, you'll learn how to use a third-party service, like Google OAuth2, to authenticate users. Finally, you'll learn how to connect that OAuth2 authentication with sessions and persist a logged-in user. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of authentication and authorization needed to start to build auth into your Node.js applications.
Table of contents
- Overview of Session-based Auth 1m
- Creating a User Registration Route 2m
- Testing Routes with an API Client 2m
- Creating a Login Route to Authenticate a Registered User 2m
- Storing an Authenticated User in a Session 6m
- Using a Session to Request a Protected Resource 1m
- Destroying a Session with a Logout 1m
- Other Useful Session Cookie Options 2m
About the author
Jon is an author, developer, and Pluralsight team member via Code School. Lately, he's been working on content and products that help authors create content efficiently. Prior to that, he worked for several years on interactive learning at Code School, and later helped bring that to Pluralsight as Interactive Content.