What does passport.js do and why we need it?

Question

I am not familiar with user authentication in Node.js, now I am trying to create a website with a login system. I have managed to make it work using the code snippets from the w

Answer 1

To me it's unnecessary.

It's not saving me any work. I have to write the configuration, the callback, and the user schema. To me, it's just easier for me to just write a middleware for that.

And I don't see there is any security enforcement I am getting cuz I am writing my own verify callback anyway.

So, I don't see any reason that I should use it.