Sails.js in Action

Chapter 9. Authentication and sessions

This chapter covers

• Introducing authentication
• Challenging and determining the authenticity of a user’s claim to an identity
• Using sessions to save authentication state between requests
• Creating a way to route between application pages based on authenticated state

We’re now well into the implementation of an identity, authorization, personalization, and access control system designed to make the world a safe place for cat videos. A user can now set up and manage their identity. The Brushfire frontend is also personalized based on a user’s simulated authenticated status. In this chapter, you’ll create the authentication component and replace the simulated state with a user’s actual authenticated state. ...