Authentication is necessary for any web or mobile application. It meant for the identification of users and providers of right access and content depending on the user role. It is a very important part of any application.
Authentication is necessary for any web or mobile application. It meant for the identification of users and providers of right access and content depending on the user role. It is a very important part of any application.
In this article, We will go through the different ways which can be used for user authentication. Below are a different approach to authenticate the user in the application
- Session Based Authentication
- Token Based Authentication
- Passwordless authentication
User Authentication Libraries
1. Passport JS
Passport is one of the popular libraries for user authentication in node.js app. This library mainly provides relatively flexible and modular middleware for Node.js. It can be integrated into any express based web application.
2. Auth0
Actually, Auth0 is not a library, Its a service which is available paid. It’s a very fast way to implement the app authentication done. Since everything is managed at auth0 end. Auth0 is a start-up company which is providing a wide universal authentication and authorization platform for web & mobile application. While using Auth0 a developer don’t need to do anything for user authentication, Auth0 takes care of everything related to user authentication.
3. Permit
It is a 1K starts project which aims to provide an “unopinionated” authentication library for building Node.js APIs. It lets us add an authentication layer to any Node.js API and can be use with frameworks like Express, Koa, Hapi and Fastify. It can also be used with multiple types of API from REST to GraphQL.
4. JSON Web Token
JSON Web Token(JWT) is an open standard that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed.
5. Grant
A rather new promising library providing Oauth Middleware for Express, Koa and Hapi.
6. Feathers authentication management
Feathers is an open source real-time, micro-service web framework for NodeJS that gives you control over your data via RESTful resources, sockets and flexible plug-ins. It also provides authentication and authentication management modules which let you add signup verification, forgot password, reset password and other capabilities to local feathers-authentication.
7. Firebase authentication
Firebase Authentication provides backend services, easy to use SDKs and ready-made UI libraries to authenticate user to your app. It supports authentication using passwords, phone number, popular federated identity providers like Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
