Node Strategy Pattern

This is an example of how to work with different strategies in NodeJS. In this demo, you will find various strategies for handling user login scenarios.

1. Agree to a contract. There is no such thing as a concrete interface in JavaScript, so we are required to use our own discipline to enforce a contract. In our case, all strategies will have a login(username, password) function and return a promise. The promise result, at the very least, will have a success property.
2. Register strategies. All strategies are registered in loginStrategies/index.js.

The advantage of this way of writing strategies is that the mainline of code does not need to be altered in any way when adding a new strategy at a later date. We avoid nasty if/else conditions in our code.

Using Test

In the test environment, the user password is always "test". We can use any user we want from our database in users.json.

$ NODE_ENV=test node app.js alice test

{
  "stragegy": "test",
  "success": true,
  "username": "alice"
}

Using Active directory

We are using a test active directory server located at ForumSys.

The list of valid users is: einstein, euclid, euler, gauss, newton, riemann, tesla. The password for all users is "password".

$ LOGIN_METHOD=AD node app.js riemann password

{
  "dn": "uid=riemann,dc=example,dc=com",
  "host": "ldap.forumsys.com",
  "port": 389,
  "success": true,
  "strategy": "active directory",
  "objectName": "uid=riemann,dc=example,dc=com",
  "entry": {
    "dn": "uid=riemann,dc=example,dc=com",
    "controls": [],
    "userPassword": "{sha}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=",
    "objectClass": [
      "inetOrgPerson",
      "organizationalPerson",
      "person",
      "top"
    ],
    "cn": "Bernhard Riemann",
    "sn": "Riemann",
    "uid": "riemann",
    "mail": "[email protected]"
  }
}

Using Database

The list of users and passwords can be found in users.json.

$ LOGIN_METHOD=DB node app.js eleanor h@sh1ng

{
  "success": true,
  "strategy": "database",
  "username": "eleanor",
  "id": 5
}