Check Authentication on Creating Post

Lecture 321:- Check Authentication on Creating Post

To check authentication on creating a post, we can use the ensureAuthenticated middleware that we have previously created. This middleware checks if the user is authenticated or not. If the user is authenticated, it will call the next function to continue with the request. Otherwise, it will redirect the user to the login page.

Here's an example of how we can use the ensureAuthenticated middleware to protect the create post route:

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const express = require('express'); const router = express.Router(); const { ensureAuthenticated } = require('../config/auth'); // GET request for creating a new post router.get('/new', ensureAuthenticated, (req, res) => {  res.render('posts/new'); }); // POST request for creating a new post router.post('/', ensureAuthenticated, (req, res) => {  // Code for saving the new post to the database }); module.exports = router;

In the above code, we are using the ensureAuthenticated middleware as the second argument to both the GET and POST routes. This ensures that only authenticated users can access these routes. If an unauthenticated user tries to access these routes, they will be redirected to the login page.