how to force authentication on all routes about express-stormpath HOT 9 CLOSED

Basically what you'll want to do is create an express router for all of your routes, then use the stormpath.loginRequired middleware to ensure users are logged in:

var router = express.Router();

router.use(stormpath.loginRequired); // this forces a user to log in

// routes here...
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
  ...
});

Hope that helps =)

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EDIT: Lastly, you need to use your router.

EG:

app.use(router); // at the bottom of your file

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Thanks for the quick reply. I tried that, but got a "This webpage has a redirect loop" and a very sad face :(

the url has

http://mysite/login?next=%2Flogin#/

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To make it work you must do it exactly like the above. This won't work if you are just doing this on your app object as it'll cause a redirect loop. EG:

var app = express();
app.use(stormpath.init(...));

var router = express.Router();
router.use(stormpath.loginRequired);
router.get('/blah', function(req, res) {
  ..
});

app.use('/', router);

The above is a working example. What's happening is that:

• Your app object is just initializing stormpath, not requiring it everywhere.
• Your router object is requiring login for all of it's routes.

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crap. I'm using strongloop, so there must be some issues / conflicts happening.

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Ah =/ I'm not really familiar with it.

If you want some debugging help you may wanna try emailing our support ([email protected]) and include all your project source code and we can try to help debug things for ya.

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thanks man. Will do.

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Hello,
I am not using the strongloop and I got a similar issue. But I also found the cause in my case. I am sharing here so it might help some.

I was initialising the StormPath after I use my router and it did cause trouble. When I switched places it worked fine.

Here are two of the case.
Not working (giving the redirect loop):

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var routes = require('./routes/routes');
app.use(routes);
app.use(stormpath.init(....));

Working one:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.use(stormpath.init(....)); // Notice the init is called before routing.
var routes = require('./routes/routes');
app.use(routes);

Hope that helps some one.
Cheers!

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thanks @dorukeker i managed to solve my app's redirect loop error. My routes were above stormpath.init

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