Node.js By Example

User authentication with sessions

We implemented the functionalities that register new users in our system. The next step is to authenticate these users. Let's first provide an interface to enter a username and password. We need to add a new route handler in frontend/js/app.js:

Router
.add('login', function() {
    var p = new Login();
    showPage(p);
})

All the other pages so far use the same idea. We will initialize a new controller and pass it to the showPage helper. The template that is used here is as follows:

// frontend/tpl/login.html <header> <navigation></navigation> </header> <div class="hero"> <h1>Login</h1> </div> <form> {{#if error && error != ''}} <div class="error">{{error}}</div> {{/if}} {{#if success && success != ''}} <div class="success">{{{success}}}</div> ...