I found this very convenient for use with Express: https://github.com/gevorg/http-auth/
cheers, J On May 29, 6:06 pm, Tim Caswell <[email protected]> wrote: > There is nothing built-in to node to auto-read htpassword files. You'll > need a library that implements the authentication. The easiest is to > implement http basic auth > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication> (the one where > your browser shows an ugly blocking popup asking for username and password) > > Most http frameworks have a library for this built-in. I would look up the > docs for Express or something if you're not comfortable implementing the > spec yourself (not that it's hard, I don't want to scare you away) > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 2:32 PM, TINO THOMAS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I would like to password protect a node.js website running on port 8000. I > > am not sure what method to follow for this. > > Will installing htpasswd (https://github.com/gevorg/htpasswd#readme) will > > help to achieve this?. > > I installed htpasswd and created a password file using htpasswd -c > > command. But I am not sure how to proceed after this. > > Can anyone please help me to complete this task. > > > -- > > Job Board:http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > > Posting guidelines: > >https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "nodejs" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
