really-basic-login-bar
An EJS header template with login, signup, and forgot email functions
This module extends your Express app with routes and templates needed to quickly add login functionality to your app.
- requires EJS
- requires you use Passport.JS and Express Session
How to use:
npm install --save really-basic-login-bar
In your server.js or app.js:
app.use(session({ secret: 'blah' }));
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
app.use(flash());
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use('/users', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
require('basic-login-bar')(app,session,passport);
In your own templates
<%- include ../node_modules/basic-login-bar/views/partials/header.ejs %>
The .ejs partial for the header requires a 'title' property inputed from all your server routes. This autogenerates the title shown on the header. For example:
res.render('index.ejs', {
title : app.title,
You can define app.title
in server.js/index.js
or in package.json
and require it.
You can find example boilerplate code for a project using this module at https://github.com/vtange/Boilerplates/tree/master/site-w-logins-header