talk/middleware/authentication.js

const {passport} = require('../services/passport');
const debug = require('debug')('talk:middleware:authentication');

const authentication = (req, res, next) => passport.authenticate('jwt', {
  session: false
}, (err, user) => {
  if (err) {
    debug(`cannot get the user: ${err}`);
    return next(err);
  }

  if (user) {

    debug('user was on request');

    // Attach the user to the request object, now that we know it exists.
    req.user = user;
  } else {
    debug('user was not on request');
  }

  next();
})(req, res, next);

module.exports = authentication;