How To Install node-basic-auth on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-basic-auth
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-basic-auth
node-basic-auth is:
nodejs basic auth parser module. This package is used as a dependency for node web applications that require a simple authentication mechanism.
API
var auth = require(‘basic-auth’)
auth(req)
Get the basic auth credentials from the given request. The Authorization header is parsed and if the header is invalid, undefined is returned, otherwise an object with name and pass properties.
auth.parse(string)
Parse a basic auth authorization header string. This will return an object with name and pass properties, or undefined if the string is invalid.
Example
Pass a Node.js request object to the module export. If parsing fails undefined is returned, otherwise an object with .name and .pass.
var auth = require(‘basic-auth’) var user = auth(req) // => { name: ‘something’, pass: ‘whatever’ }
A header string from any other location can also be parsed with auth.parse, for example a Proxy-Authorization header:
var auth = require(‘basic-auth’) var user = auth.parse(req.getHeader(‘Proxy-Authorization’))
There are three methods to install node-basic-auth
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-basic-auth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-basic-auth
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-basic-auth
Install node-basic-auth Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-basic-auth
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-basic-auth
Install node-basic-auth Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install node-basic-auth
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-basic-auth
How To Uninstall node-basic-auth on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-basic-auth
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-basic-auth
Uninstall node-basic-auth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-basic-auth
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-basic-auth
Remove node-basic-auth Configurations and Data
To remove node-basic-auth
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-basic-auth
Remove node-basic-auth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-basic-auth
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-basic-auth
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-basic-auth
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.