README.md

Tornado Web Authentication in JavaScript

Usage

var auth = require('tornado-auth-js');
auth.configure({
  secret_key: 'YOUR SECRET KEY HERE'
});
var get_current_user = auth.get_current_user;

var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  var user = get_current_user(req.cookies.user);
}

Options

• max_age_days - Number of days that the signature is valid. Default is 31.
• user_cookie - The name of the cookie. Default is 'user'.
• secret_key - The secret key used to decrypt the signed value. Required.