openhim-core/src/middleware/pollingBypassAuthentication.js

The OpenHIM core application that provides logging and routing of http requests

import { ClientModel } from '../model/clients'
import { config } from '../config'
import { promisify } from 'util'

const dummyClient = new ClientModel({
  clientID: 'DUMMY-POLLING-USER',
  clientDomain: 'openhim.org',
  name: 'DUMMY-POLLING-USER',
  roles: ['polling']
})

export function authenticateUser (ctx, done) {
  ctx.authenticated = dummyClient
  return done(null, dummyClient)
}

/*
 * Koa middleware for bypassing authentication for polling requests
 */
export async function koaMiddleware (ctx, next) {
  const _authenticateUser = promisify(authenticateUser)
  await _authenticateUser(ctx)

  if (ctx.authenticated != null) {
    await next()
  } else {
    ctx.response.status = 401
  }
}