Node.js Cookie Bases Authentication System

Node.JS with Connect

To Install Dependencies

npm install

To run the application

node index.js

cURL commands

• GET

curl -i http://localhost:8000/ -X GET

• GET with setting Cookies in the request header.

curl -i http://localhost:8000/ -X GET --cookie "session_id=99999"
# Add -v to enable the verbose mode to see what you are sending in the request header.
curl -i http://localhost:8000/ -X GET --cookie "session_id=99999" -v

• POST with JSON payload in the request body.

curl -i http://localhost:8000/ -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "name" : "Foo" }'

• PUT with an optional cookie

curl -i http://localhost:8000/ -X PUT --cookie "session_id=xxxxxxxxxx"

• DELETE with an optional cookie

curl -i http://localhost:8000/ -X DELETE --cookie "session_id=xxxxxxxxxx"