ExpressOIDC Node to React API call

Questions
1

Hi,

I have a webapp with Node and React app. From Node, I have integrated ExpressOIDC with all the confg. Everything is working, getting the UserInfo and all the details. But when I try to make a fetch call(API call/ Ajax call) in REACT, I am getting userInfo undefined. But when I hit the API directly from Browser I am getting the userDetails.

What am I missing here?

2

Hi @ACe

Can you provide a snippet of code that you use in React to call userinfo?

3

Hi Dragos,

Here is the React Code:

function fetchuserInfo() {
return fetch(‘http://localhost:4000/userInfo’);
}

function* userSaga(action) {
try {
const response = yield call(fetchuserInfo);
} catch (error) {
console.log(“Error”, error);
}
}

Node js Code:

app.get(’/userInfo’, (req, res) => {
console.log(req.userContext);
console.log("Authenticated: ", req.isAuthenticated());
if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
res.send(req.userContext)
} else {
res.send(‘No User Info’)
}
});

4

req.userContext is always undefined, when I try to hit from REACT.

5

How should I need to Authenticate the Request coming from React app?

Should I need to use @okta/jwt-verifier > validate through token?

6

Hi @ACe

Based on the code provided, it seems that fetchuserInfo() does not resolve the fetch() promise.

Regarding authenticating the request, yes, you can use @okta/jwt-verifier in order to verify the bearer token locally and allow the user to access the resources requested.

7

Thanks, for the feedback.

8

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