Redux Quick Start Guide

Authorization

A part of authorization is handled by injecting the user information. We need an endpoint that verifies whether a user is valid. To define /api/user/auth endpoint, follow these steps:

1.  Define the route endpoint inside server/api/index.js:

routerAuth.get('/users/auth', User.auth);

2. Define the auth function inside the user controller (server/api/user.js):

  auth: (req, res) => {    if (!req.user) {      handleFailure(res, { status: 401 });    } else {      Model.users        .authUser(req.user.id)        .then(user => handleSuccess(res, { user }))        .catch(errors =>  handleFailure(res, { errors, message: errors.message, status: 401 }),        );    }  },

3. Define the authUser method inside server/models/user.js:

  Schema.statics.authUser = function(id) { return new Promise((resolve, ...