Nodejs: Express Authorization and Authentication

Authentication is ______

• the process of verifying who someone is

• the process of verifying what someone has access to

• the process of verifying where some is coming from

• the process of verifying what someone is trying to do

Authorization is ______

• the process of verifying who someone is

• the process of verifying what someone has access to

• the process of verifying where some is coming from

• the process of verifying what someone is trying to do

Which of the following is not an authentication method

• basic auth

• api key

• OAuth

• none of the options

Which part of the http can we use to send authorization values?

• http method

• http response

• http headers

• path params

We can pass values to the next handler function by updating the request object?

• Not at all

• True

• I don't think so

• Maybe

What would be the status code for authentication failed

• 400

• 401

• 402

• 403

What would be the status code for authorization failed?

• 400

• 401

• 402

• 403

router.post('/', middleware.checkAdmin, middleware.CheckProgram, controller.CreateStudents)

Which of the handler functions handles authorization

• middleware.checkAdmin

• middleware.CheckProgram

• controller.CreateStudents

• none of the options

Basic auth requires?

• username and password

• api keys/token

• bearer token

• jwt tokens

Authorization methods are mostly in which express component?

• views

• models

• middlewares

• controllers