authenticate.js

var passport = require('passport');
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy;
var User = require('./models/user');
var JwtStrategy = require('passport-jwt').Strategy;
var ExtractJwt = require('passport-jwt').ExtractJwt;
var jwt = require('jsonwebtoken'); // used to create, sign, and verify tokens

var config = require('./config.js');

passport.use(new LocalStrategy(User.authenticate()));
passport.serializeUser(User.serializeUser());
passport.deserializeUser(User.deserializeUser());

exports.getToken = function(user) {
    return jwt.sign(user, config.secretKey,
        {expiresIn: 7200});
};

var opts = {};
opts.jwtFromRequest = ExtractJwt.fromAuthHeaderAsBearerToken();
opts.secretOrKey = config.secretKey;

exports.jwtPassport = passport.use(new JwtStrategy(opts,
    (jwt_payload, done) => {
        console.log("JWT payload: ", jwt_payload);
        User.findOne({_id: jwt_payload._id}, (err, user) => {
            if (err) {
                return done(err, false);
            }
            else if (user) {
                return done(null, user);
            }
            else {
                return done(null, false);
            }
        });
    }));

exports.verifyUser = passport.authenticate('jwt', {session: false});

/**
 * Middleware to check whether a User has Admin privileges.
 */
exports.verifyAdmin = function(req,res,next){
    if(req.user.admin !== true)  {
        var err = new Error('You are not authorized to perform this operation!');
        err.status = 403;
        next(err);
    }
    else {
        return next();
    }
};

exports.verifyFaculty = function(req,res,next){
    if(req.user.faculty !== true)  {
        var err = new Error('Only Faculty can perform this Operation. You are not authorized to perform this operation!');
        err.status = 403;
        next(err);
    }
    else {
        return next();
    }
};