jaredhanson / jaredhanson/passport

deserializeUser not triggering through browser, but working with postman

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Description

In my MEAN project, I have used passport authentication and calling login service from angular 5 service. When I hit the login service from browser I am getting success response but userdata coming as null, but userdata coming properly when I hit service through postman.

I have consoled in deserializeUser but this deserializeUser not triggering when I tried through browser.

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Start by comparing the browser login request with the Postman request and trace the deserializeUser path described in the issue. Done means identifying why browser requests return null userdata while Postman requests do not, then verifying the browser flow.

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Tech stack
angular, javascript, node.js
Domain
authentication, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
18/100

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