How to know if user is logged in with passport.js?

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If user is logged in, passport.js will create user object in req for every request in express.js, which you can check for existence in any middleware:

if (req.user) {
    // logged in
} else {
    // not logged in
}

You can create simple express.js middleware for that, that will check if user is logged in, and if not – will redirect to /login page:

function loggedIn(req, res, next) {
    if (req.user) {
        next();
    } else {
        res.redirect('/login');
    }
}

And use it:

app.get('/orders', loggedIn, function(req, res, next) {
    // req.user - will exist
    // load user orders and render them
});

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