Passport IMAP is an authentication strategy for the Passport module. This module serves the purpose of authenticating a user using IMAP login credentials in Node.js application using the Passport authentication module.
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Installation
npm install passport-imap
Usage
Configure Strategy
The imap authentication strategy authenticates users using imap login information. The strategy requires some options like imap host name, port and tls
passport.use(new ImapStrategy({host: 'imap.gmail.com', port : 993, tls : true}));
Authenticate Requests
Use passport.authenticate(), specifying the ‘imap’ strategy, to authenticate requests.
For example, as route middleware in an Express application:
app.post('/login', passport.authenticate('imap', { failureRedirect: '/login' }),
function(req, res) {
res.redirect('/');
});
License
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