lockit-forgot-password

1.3.2 • Public • Published

Lockit forgot password

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Help users who forgot their passwords for your Express app. The module is part of Lockit.

Installation

npm install lockit-forgot-password

var ForgotPassword = require('lockit-forgot-password');
var utils = require('lockit-utils');
var config = require('./config.js');
 
var db = utils.getDatabase(config);
var adapter = require(db.adapter)(config);
 
var app = express();
 
// express settings
// ...
// sessions are required - either cookie or some sort of db
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(cookieSession({
  secret: 'this is my super secret string'
}));
 
// create new ForgotPassword instance
var forgotPassword = new ForgotPassword(config, adapter);
 
// use forgotPassword.router with your app
app.use(forgotPassword.router);

Configuration

More about configuration at Lockit.

Features

  • allow password reset for users
  • input validation
  • link expiration times
  • user email verification via unique token
  • hash password using pbkdf2
  • token format verification before database querying

Routes included

  • GET /forgot-password
  • POST /forgot-password
  • GET /forgot-password/:token
  • POST /forgot-password/:token

REST API

If you've set exports.rest in your config.js the module behaves as follows.

  • all routes have /rest prepended
  • GET /rest/forgot-password is next()ed and you can catch /forgot-password on the client
  • POST /rest/forgot-password stays the same but sends JSON
  • GET /rest/forgot-password/:token sends JSON and you can catch /forgot-password/:token on the client
  • POST /rest/forgot-password/:token sends JSON

Test

$ npm test

License

MIT

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npm i lockit-forgot-password

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Version

1.3.2

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