body {
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
background-color: #f4f4f4;
padding: 20px;
}
h1 {
color: #333333;
}
p {
color: #666666;
line-height: 1.6;
}

Node.js API + Passport – Local Authentication Strategy

In this article, we will explore how to create a Node.js API using Passport and implement local authentication strategy. Passport is an authentication middleware for Node.js, which can be used to authenticate users for web applications.

To get started, we need to install the required packages using npm. Open your terminal and run the following command:


npm install express passport passport-local body-parser mongoose bcrypt-nodejs


Once the packages are installed, we can begin setting up our Node.js API by creating a server file and defining our routes and authentication strategies. We will use the Local Strategy provided by Passport to authenticate users using a username and password.

After setting up the authentication strategy, we can style the home page of our application to make it more visually appealing. We can add some CSS styles to the HTML elements to improve the overall look and feel of the page.

Styling the Home Page

To style the home page, we can add some custom CSS styles to the HTML elements. Here’s an example of how we can style the body, headings, and paragraphs of our page:

    <style>
      body {
        font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
        background-color: #f4f4f4;
        padding: 20px;
      }
      h1 {
        color: #333333;
      }
      p {
        color: #666666;
        line-height: 1.6;
      }
    </style>
  

We can also add additional styles to other elements such as links, buttons, and forms to further enhance the visual design of our home page.

By following these steps, we can create a Node.js API using Passport with local authentication strategy and style the home page to improve the user experience of our application.