Passport local returns error 400 bad request with Angular

Question

I am trying to integrate passport to my code\'s login form. Client side calling server side works as it should until i call passport.authenticate in the request, 400 Bad Request

Answer 1

passport.use(new LocalStrategy(
    {
        usernameField: 'email',
        passwordField: 'password'
    },
    function (email, password, done) {
        db.collection('User').findOne({ email: email }, async function (err, user) {
            console.log('user requested password caught in passport', password);
            if (err) { return done(err); }
            if (!user) { return done(null, false); }
            const matchPassword = await comparePassword(password, user.password);
            if (!matchPassword) { return done(null, false); }
            return done(null, user);
        });
    }
));