Express | ThunderID

API reference

Every export is fully typed. The signatures and props below come from the package's own reference documentation, so what is listed here is what the installed version ships.

Middleware

Client

Configuration

Constants

middlewareThunderID Middleware

The

thunderID() function returns Express middleware that initializes a ThunderIDExpressClient and attaches it to both req.thunderIDAuth and res.thunderIDAuth.

Example

const express = require('express');
const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
const {thunderID, handleSignIn, handleSignOut} = require('@thunderid/express');

const app = express();

app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.json());
app.use(
  thunderID({
    baseUrl: 'https://localhost:8090',
    clientId: '<your-client-id>',
    clientSecret: '<your-client-secret>',
  }),
);

app.get('/login', handleSignIn());
app.get('/logout', handleSignOut());

Get started

Provider, session, and a protected route, start to finish.

Connect your application

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Open in docs

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Guides

Task-focused walkthroughs maintained alongside the SDK.

Embedded Sign-In

Drive the Express embedded sign-in flow with handleFlow() for JSON-based multi-step authentication.

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Redirect Flow

Build the standard Express sign-in and protected-route flow using redirect-based OAuth 2.0 PKCE.

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