Passport Digital Signature
Authenticate Using Digital Signatures
Install
$ npm install passport-digital-signature
Usage
Configure Strategy
The local authentication strategy authenticates users using a publicKey and a
signature field provided in the request. The strategy requires a verify
callback,
which accepts these a credentials object and calls done
providing a user.
passport;
Authenticate Requests
Use passport.authenticate()
, specifying the 'signature'
strategy, to
authenticate requests.
For example, as route middleware in an Express application:
app;
See Also
Credits
License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2014 John Henry john@iamjohnhenry.com
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