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Resolving Passport-Local Integration Issues in Your React App

Hi everyone,

I recently received an email from Atul Thakre, a fellow developer from Nagpur, who encountered an issue while integrating Passport-Local with a React application. In this blog post, I'll address the problem and provide a solution that can help Atul and others who might be facing similar challenges.

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Understanding the Problem

Atul's React application uses Passport-Local for authentication, with a login component that sends requests to the server using React Query and Axios. While the user is being created and a cookie token is generated, the passport.deserializeUser function is not being called, leading to issues with session handling.

Setting Up Passport-Local

First, let's ensure the middleware setup is correct. The order of middleware initialization is crucial for Passport-Local to function properly.

Express Middleware Setup

const express = require('express');
const session = require('express-session');
const passport = require('passport');
const LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;

const app = express();

// Session middleware
app.use(session({
  secret: 'your_secret_key',
  resave: false,
  saveUninitialized: true
}));

// Passport middleware
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

// Local Strategy
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(
  function(username, password, done) {
    // Replace with your user authentication logic
    User.findOne({ username: username }, function (err, user) {
      if (err) { return done(err); }
      if (!user) { return done(null, false); }
      if (!user.verifyPassword(password)) { return done(null, false); }
      return done(null, user);
    });
  }
));

// Serialize user
passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {
  done(null, user.id);
});

// Deserialize user
passport.deserializeUser(function(id, done) {
  User.findById(id, function (err, user) {
    done(err, user);
  });
});

// Define routes here
app.post('/login', passport.authenticate('local'), (req, res) => {
  res.send('Logged in');
});

app.get('/auth', (req, res) => {
  if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
    res.json({ isAuthenticated: true });
  } else {
    res.json({ isAuthenticated: false });
  }
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});
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Handling Authentication Requests in React

To handle authentication requests in React, we can use React Query along with Axios. Here’s how you can structure your authentication logic:

React Query for Authentication

import { useQuery, useMutation, queryClient } from 'react-query';
import axios from 'axios';

// Function to fetch authentication status
const fetchAuthStatus = async () => {
  const response = await axios.get('/auth');
  return response.data;
};

// Function to login
const loginUser = async (credentials) => {
  const response = await axios.post('/login', credentials);
  return response.data;
};

// Component to display authentication status
const AuthStatus = () => {
  const { data, error, isLoading } = useQuery('authStatus', fetchAuthStatus);

  if (isLoading) return <div>Loading...</div>;
  if (error) return <div>Error: {error.message}</div>;

  return (
    <div>
      {data.isAuthenticated ? 'Welcome back!' : 'Please log in.'}
    </div>
  );
};

// Component to handle login form
const LoginForm = () => {
  const mutation = useMutation(loginUser, {
    onSuccess: () => {
      // Invalidate and refetch
      queryClient.invalidateQueries('authStatus');
    }
  });

  const handleLogin = (event) => {
    event.preventDefault();
    const { username, password } = event.target.elements;
    mutation.mutate({ username: username.value, password: password.value });
  };

  return (
    <form onSubmit={handleLogin}>
      <input name="username" type="text" placeholder="Username" required />
      <input name="password" type="password" placeholder="Password" required />
      <button type="submit">Login</button>
    </form>
  );
};

export default function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>React App with Passport-Local Authentication</h1>
      <LoginForm />
      <AuthStatus />
    </div>
  );
}
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Conclusion

By ensuring that the middleware is correctly set up and handling authentication requests properly in React, you can resolve issues related to Passport-Local integration. Atul, I hope this helps you solve the problem you were facing. If you have any further questions or need more assistance, feel free to reach out.

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Thank you very much. It helped me to solve my problem.

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