(updated code with serialization functions - still redirects to /failedRedirect)

I'm trying to get simple username/password authentication going using the passport package, but failing. In the example below I've tried to verify that authentication works by basically always returning a valid authentication (regardless of what gets passed), but for some reason it fails and passport redirects to the failed login link.

If anybody could help me out in figuring out how to get this example to simply authenticate anything, I should be able to manage from there.

The code in coffeescript is:

express = require express

passport = require passport

LocalStrategy = require(passport-local).Strategy



passport.use(new LocalStrategy( (username, password, done) ->

  console.log LocalStrategy invoked

  done(null, {id: 1, name: Marius})

))



passport.serializeUser (user, done) ->

  done null, user



passport.deserializeUser (obj, done) ->

  done null, obj



app = express.createServer()



app.configure ->

  app.use express.bodyParser()

  app.use express.static(./public)

  app.use express.cookieParser(SOMESECRET)

  app.use express.session

    secret: SOMESECRET

    cookie:

      maxAge: 60000

  app.use passport.initialize()

  app.use passport.session()

  app.set view, ./srv/views

  app.set view engine, jade



app.get /login, (req, res) ->

  res.send login page



app.post /login, passport.authenticate(local,

  failureRedirect: /failedRedirect

  successRedirect: /successRedirect

  failureFlash: true)



app.listen 8082

Solved: Ok, I believe there were a few reasons why I could not get it working. The serialize stuff may be one (I haven't tested), but since Jared said they were needed, I'm leaving them in (he's the author of Passport). The other confusion may be related to express versions and my confusion with npm. I believe I tested both the latest v2 of express, but I've also tested v3, which I am running now. For version three, you probably should check out the connect-flash module on Github as well, as some to the flash stuff which is used in Jared's examples was moved out of express v3 (so the module puts it back in...). And finally, make sure you post using the proper named input names (username and password by default).