Authentication

The @feathersjs/authentication plugins provide a collection of tools for username/password, JWT and OAuth (GitHub, Facebook etc.) authentication as well as custom authentication mechanisms.

authenticate

authenticate(...strategies) is a hook that allows to authenticate a service method with one or more registered authentication strategies.

import { authenticate } from '@feathersjs/authentication'

app.service('messages').hooks({
  before: {
    all: [authenticate('jwt')]
  }
})

Legacy Documentation

For detailed documentation on the authentication service, strategies (JWT, Local, OAuth), and client usage, see the Feathers v5 (Dove) authentication documentation.