Old partial attempt at "public mode"

middlewares/public.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const verifyAuth = require('./verifyAuth')
+
+const middlewareNoop = ( (_1, _2, next) => next() )
+const publicMiddleware = () => process.env.LISTS_PUBLIC === 'true' ?
+  (req, res, next) => {
+    if (!req.user) req.user = { _id: 'Unknown' }
+    next()
+  }
+  : verifyAuth()
+
+module.exports = publicMiddleware

routes/index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const verifyAuth = require('../middlewares/verifyAuth');
+const public = require('../middlewares/public');
 const express = require('express');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = ({ db, config }) => {
         next();
       }
     },
-    verifyAuth(),
+    public(),
     (req, res) => {
       res.redirect('/wishlist');
     }

routes/wishlist/index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const verifyAuth = require('../../middlewares/verifyAuth');
+const public = require('../../middlewares/public');
 const getProductName = require('get-product-name');
 const express = require('express');
 const config = require('../../config');
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const ValidURL = (string) => { // Ty SO
 module.exports = (db) => {
   const router = express.Router();
 
-  router.get('/', verifyAuth(), async (req, res) => {
+  router.get('/', public(), async (req, res) => {
     const docs = await db.allDocs({ include_docs: true })
     if (process.env.SINGLE_LIST === 'true') {
       for (row of docs.rows) {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = (db) => {
     res.render('wishlists', { title: 'Wishlists', users: docs.rows, totals})
   });
 
-  router.get('/:user', verifyAuth(), async (req, res) => {
+  router.get('/:user', public(), async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const dbUser = await db.get(req.params.user);
       if (process.env.SINGLE_LIST === 'true') {

views/includes/navbar.pug

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ nav.navbar.is-fixed-top(role='navigation', aria-label='main navigation',style='b
         .navbar-item.has-dropdown.is-hoverable
           a.navbar-link= req.user._id
           .navbar-dropdown
+            if req.user._id === 'Unknown'
+              .navbar-item
+                a.button.is-primary(href='/login') Log In
+            else
               +navBarLink(`/wishlist/${req.user._id}`, 'My Wishlist')
               +navBarLink('/profile', 'Profile')
               if req.user.admin

views/wishlist.pug

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ block title
           span  #{config.siteTitle} - #{title} 
 
 block content
+  if req.user
     script(type='data/user_id')= req.user._id
   if process.env.TABLE !== 'false'
     .box

views/wishlists.pug

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ extends layout.pug
 
 block content
   ul.noStyle.noLeftMargin
+    if req.user._id !== 'Unknown'
       li
         a(href=`/wishlist/${req.user._id}`)
           .box