Read logged in User details from SSO server in Blue mix

Question

I am working on Node.js application with Cloudant database. I was able to do IBM IDP authentication with SSO server on Blue mix via the SSO service.

My issue occurs afte

Answer 1

You can check the request.user object returned after successful authentication. It returns some information about the logged in user, but each provider returns different data.

For example, for LinkedIn logged users it returns displayName, firstName, lastName and emailAddress.

The snippet code below prints the request.user JSON object in the application log, so you can see what is available and retrieve as needed.

app.get('/auth/sso/callback', function(req, res, next) { 

    var redirect_url = req.session.originalUrl;                
    passport.authenticate('openidconnect', {
        successRedirect: '/hello',                                
        failureRedirect: '/failure',                        
    })(req,res,next);
});

app.get('/hello', ensureAuthenticated, function(request, response) {

    response.send('Hello, '+ request.user['id'] + '!\n' + '<a href="/logout">Log Out</a>');
    console.log(JSON.stringify(request.user));     

});

After user logs in you can run:

cf logs <app-name> --recent

to see results from console.log code.