Set-Cookie not sended on HTTP response header - node.js

Question

i´m creating a Authentication page with React and Express. I'm using JWT too.
I´ve made this route in the back:
server.js
...
app.use(
cookieSession({
name: "prode_session",
secret: "MIOURI_PRODE_SECRET", //add to .env variable
httpOnly: false,
})
);
app.use(cors());
...
auth.routes.js
app.post("/signin", controller.signin);
user.routes.js
app.get(
"/user",
[authJwt.verifyToken],
(req, res) => res.send(true)
)
auth.controller.js
exports.signin = async (req, res) => {
const user = await Users.findOne({
where: { email: req.body.email },
});
try {
if (!user) {
return res.status(404).send({ message: "User Not found." });
}
const passwordIsValid = bcrypt.compareSync(
req.body.password,
user.password
);
if (!passwordIsValid) {
return res.status(401).send({
message: "Invalid Password!",
});
}
const token = jwt.sign({ id: user.id }, config.secret, {
expiresIn: 84000, //24hours
});
req.session.token = token;
console.log(req.session);
return res.status(200).send({
isLogged: true,
id: user.id,
email: user.email,
suscripcion: user.suscripcion,
preference_id: user.preference_id,
token,
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};
authJWT.js
verifyToken = async (req, res, next) => {
let token = req.session.token;
console.log(`THIS IS THE TOKEN: ${token}`);
if (!token) {
return res.status(403).send({
message: "No token provided",
});
}
jwt.verify(token, config.secret, (err, decoded) => {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
return res.status(401).send({
message: "Unauthorized!",
});
}
req.id = decoded.id;
next();
});
};
const authJwt = { verifyToken };
module.exports = authJwt;
When I test this with POSTMAN, it works Ok, I mean, if first I try to make the GET request, the response is "No token provided", but if I signin first, generate the token and then make the GET request, I get true.
The problem is when I try to implement this in the front.
I have this Login component in React in which I make a POST request with the credentials:
const handleSubmit = async (e) => {
e.preventDefault();
try {
const response = await fetch("http://localhost:3000/signin", {
method: "POST",
mode: "cors",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
email,
password,
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
if (data.isLogged && data.suscripcion === true && data.token) {
await tokenAvailable()
//navigate(`/masthead/${email}&${data.isLogged}&${data.id}`);
} else if (data.isLogged && data.suscripcion === false) {
navigate("/suscripcion", {
state: { preference_id: data.preference_id },
});
} else {
window.alert("Invalid Login");
}
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
};
async function tokenAvailable() {
const user = await fetch("http://localhost:3000/user", {
method: "GET",
mode: "cors",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
},
});
const response = await user.json();
setUser(await response);
console.log(await response);
return response;
}
When I make the POST, the GET request is executed (tokenAvailable function) after receiving the response, but I receive "No token Provided" while I expect to receive "true" as in Postman.
From what I debug, the authJWT.js file, is not receiving nothing from the req.session.token.
When I compare the headers from postman and the browser, in postan the SET-cookie key appears, but in the browser not.
postman:
browser:
I need some help here. I´ve been strugling with this for almost 3 days.

Answer 1

I found a solution for this. Apparently, the HttpOnly Cookie approach works if the React app and the back-end server hosted in same domain. So we need to use http-proxy-middleware for local development.
I´ve tried to install the http-proxy-middleware but a lot of errors came, so I decided to store de JWT in the localstorage.