node_express_user_manager

About

node_express_user_manager is a complete drop-in solution for user management. node_express_user_manager is Express middleware and is compatible with any database supported by Knex (Postgres, MSSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle) or RethinkDB. node_express_user_manager also provides optional session management via connect-session-knex for SQL and express-session-rethinkdb for RethinkDB.

node_express_user_manager supports the following featues:

• Registration
• Login
• Logout
• Brute force login prevention
• Email confirmation(cofirms user's email)
• Password reset
• Session management(optional)

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Dependencies

node_express_user_manager requires an initialized Knex object or RethinkDB connection configuration and an initialized Nodemailer tansporter (to handle password resets and email confirmations).

Example Usage

var app = require('express')()
 
var knex = require('knex')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var secret = require('../secret'); // nodemailer SMTP config
 
var nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
var smtpTransport = require('nodemailer-smtp-transport');
 
var transporter = nodemailer.createTransport(smtpTransport(secret.smtp));
 
var dbCreds = {
    client: 'mysql',
    connection: {
        host: 'localhost',
        user: 'root',
        password: 'root',
        database: 'sql_login',
        port:  8889
    }
}
 
var knex = require('knex')(dbCreds)
 
var userManager = require('node_express_user_manager')(app, {
    rootUrl: 'http://localhost:3010/user', // should match the middleware root
    knex: knex,
    transporter: transporter,
    siteName: 'Test Site',
    sessionSecret: 'super duper secret',
    loginSuccessRedirect: 'http://localhost:3010/success'
});
 
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
 
app.use('/user', userManager);
 
var server = app.listen(80, function () {
    var host = server.address().address
    var port = server.address().port
 
    console.log("Example app listening at http://%s:%s", host, port)
})
 

Example RehtinkDB config

var options = {
    rootUrl: 'http://localhost:3010/user', // should match the middleware root
    rethinkConnectionOptions: {
        db: 'db_auth_test',
        host: '127.0.0.1',
        port: '28015'
    },
    databaseName: 'db_auth_test',
    tableName: 'db_auth_test_table',
    transporter: transporter,
    siteName: 'Test Site',
    sessionSecret: 'super duper secret',
    loginSuccessRedirect: 'http://localhost:3010/success'
}

var userManager = require('../index')(app, options);

app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));

app.use('/user', userManager);

Documentation

Session info

After registration or login, session will include a user object with a user.id property (you can check this to determine if the user is logged in)

Initialization:

npm install node_express_user_manager

var userManager = require('node_express_user_manager')(app, options);

Options

options.databaseName - required if using RethinkDB

options.knex - required - initialized Knex object

options.loginSuccessRedirect - optional - url to redirect user to after successful login

options.manageSessions - optional - defaults to true. If true, user sessions get stored in DB

options.registerSuccesRedirect - optional - url to redirect user to after registration

options.rethinkConnectionOptions - required if using RethinkDB - see connection optionsjavascript/

options.requireTerms - optional - if true, registration will include a checkbox that user's are required to check indicating they agree to the terms

options.sessionSecret - required if useing manageSessions

options.sessionExpiration - optional - session expiration in ms, defaults to 12 hours

options.sessionSaveUninitialized - optional - defaults to false

options.sessionResave - optional - defaults to false

options.siteName - required - name of site

options.tablename - optional - defatuls to 'node_express_user_manager'

options.termsLink - optional - link for terms if requireTerms is used

options.transporter - required - Nodemail transporter

Template Options

options.bodyBottom - optional - string that gets injected at the bottom of the body on any node_express_user_manager pages

options.bodyTop - optional - string that gets injected at the top of the body on any node_express_user_manager pages

options.header - optional - string that gets injected into the header of all node_express_user_manager pages

Todo

• send confirmation email on register
• add optional terms checkbox and link for registration
• add api routes for all existing routes