Passport authentication not being called - node.js

Question

I have code in router
router.post('/auth', function(req, res) {
oauth.auth(req, res);
});
correctly hitting
accesstokenController.auth = function(req, res) {
console.log('Here auth called');
passport.initialize(), passport.authenticate(
'local', {
session: false,
scope: []
},(req,res)), serialize, generateToken, respond
};
(req,res) added after getting a link which suggest this
I belive it should now call
passport.use(new Strategy(
function(username, password, done) {
console.log('Here pass called with ' + username + ' - ' + password);
db.authenticate(username, password, done);
}
));
But it never call and timeout occured.
If Id drectly call like this
app.post('/auth', passport.initialize(), passport.authenticate('local', { session: false,scope: [] }), serialize, generateToken, respond);
this is OK,
In my above method
accesstokenController.auth = function(req, res) {
console.log('Here auth called');
passport.initialize(), passport.authenticate(
'local', {
session: false,
scope: []
},(req,res)), serialize, generateToken, respond
};
I have just created a separate method and called it from router page, rather than calling this itslef
What I am missing
Other code
const db = {
updateOrCreate: function(user, cb) {
cb(null, user);
},
authenticate: function(username, password, cb) {
console.log('Here called');
User.findOne({ username: username,
password: password }).exec(function (err, user) {
if (err) {
cb(null,null);
}
else {
cb(null,user);
}
});
}
}
function serialize(req, res, next) {
console.log('Here pass called with ser ');
db.updateOrCreate(req.user, function(err, user) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
// we store information needed in token in req.user again
req.user = {
id: user.id
};
next();
});
}
function generateToken(req, res, next) {
req.token = jwt.sign({
id: req.user.id,
}, SECRET, {
expiresIn: TOKENTIME
});
next();
}
function respond(req, res) {
res.status(200).json({
user: req.user,
token: req.token
});
}
I have many link related to that but did not manage to solve this

Answer 1

Your strategy needs to return done() without which the Strategy doesn't know when it's completed, thus resulting in a timeout.
Difficult to say if this is the exact problem without further context.