Passport.js: how to access user object after authentication?

Question

I\'m using Passport.js to login a user with username and password. I\'m essentially using the sample code from the Passport site. Here are the relevant parts (I think) of my c

Answer 1

In reference to the Passport documentation, the user object is contained in req.user. See below.

    app.post('/login',
      passport.authenticate('local'),function(req, res) {
       // If this function gets called, authentication was successful.
       // `req.user` contains the authenticated user.
       res.redirect('/users/' + req.user.username);
     });

That way, you can access your user object from the page you redirect to.

In case you get stuck, you can refer to my Github project where I implemented it clearly.