new AuthProvider()
User-facing interface for authenticating users.
Methods
authenticate(authInfo, resultHandler)
Authenticate a user.
The first argument is a JSON object containing information for authenticating the user. What this actually contains depends on the specific implementation. In the case of a simple username/password based authentication it is likely to contain a JSON object with the following structure:
{ "username": "tim", "password": "mypassword" }For other types of authentication it contain different information - for example a JWT token or OAuth bearer token.
If the user is successfully authenticated a User object is passed to the handler in an AsyncResult. The user object can then be used for authorisation.
Parameters:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
authInfo |
Object | The auth information |
resultHandler |
function | The result handler |