AWS Cognito Sign In with Node.js

Let's add AWS Cognito Sign In function to the Node project today. I suppose your project already add AWS Cognito Sign Up to your project.

If not, please take a look at my provious articles:

Article	Codebase
ES6 Node-Express Boilerplate	https://github.com/elie-tdev/express-amazon-cognito/tree/init-expressjs (opens in a new tab)
AWS Cognito Setup	----
AWS Cognito Sign Up with Node.js	https://github.com/elie-tdev/express-amazon-cognito/tree/cognito-signup (opens in a new tab)
AWS Cognito Sign Up Email Confirm with Node.js	https://github.com/elie-tdev/express-amazon-cognito/tree/cognito-signupconfirm (opens in a new tab)

Also, you can download the full codebase (opens in a new tab) here for AWS Cognito Signin if you are interested in this AWS Cognito Sign In.

Add a AWS Cognito Sign In route

Add /api/auth/signin (opens in a new tab) route in existing your node.js project, if don't use validateSigninRequest (opens in a new tab) middleware, then you can remove the validateSigninRequest middleware.

auth.routes.js

import controller from '../controllers/auth.controller';
import {
  validateSignupRequest,
  validateSignupConfirmRequest,
} from '../middleware';
 
export default (app) => {
  app.post('/api/auth/signup', validateSignupRequest, controller.signup);
  app.post(
    '/api/auth/email/verify',
    validateSignupConfirmRequest,
    controller.signupConfirm,
  );
  app.post('/api/auth/signin', validateSigninRequest, controller.signin); // add signin route
};

Add a Sign In Function in the auth controller.

Add a Sign In Function (opens in a new tab) in the controller.

auth.controller.js

// User Signup
import CognitoIdentity from '../services/cognito';
 
const CognitoIdentityService = CognitoIdentity();
 
const signin = async (req, res) => {
  const { email, password } = req.body;
  const cognitoParams = {
    username: email,
    password,
  };
 
  try {
    const cognitoUser = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
      CognitoIdentityService.signin(cognitoParams, (err, user) => {
        if (err) {
          reject(err);
        } else {
          resolve(user);
        }
      });
    });
 
    // DB logic here
    // ...
 
    res.status(200).send({
      success: true,
      message: 'User logined successfully',
      user: cognitoUser,
    });
  } catch (error) {
    res.status(400).send({ success: false, message: error.message, error });
  }
};
 
export default {
  signup,
  signupConfirm,
  signin, // add
};

Add a Sign Up Email Confirm in the services.

And then we need to add the AWS Cognito user authentication service to the services folder. I will use the amazon-cognito-identity-js for the service. If you don't understand how to work the service, please check the service folder structure on my git repository (opens in a new tab).

services/
  └──cognito/
        ├── index.js
        └── methods/
              ├── index.js
              ├── signup.js
              ├── signin.js // add
              └── signupConfirm.js

This is a signin file, please add it.

signin.js

import {
  CognitoUserPool,
  CognitoUser,
  AuthenticationDetails,
} from 'amazon-cognito-identity-js';
 
/**
 * Signin
 * @param {*} poolData
 * @param {{username, password}} body
 * @param {*} callback
 */
 
const signin = (poolData, body, callback) => {
  const userPool = new CognitoUserPool(poolData);
 
  const { username, password } = body;
 
  const authenticationData = {
    Username: username,
    Password: password,
  };
 
  const authenticationDetails = new AuthenticationDetails(authenticationData);
 
  const userData = {
    Username: username,
    Pool: userPool,
  };
 
  const cognitoUser = new CognitoUser(userData);
 
  cognitoUser.authenticateUser(authenticationDetails, {
    onSuccess: (res) => {
      const data = {
        refreshToken: res.getRefreshToken().getToken(),
        accessToken: res.getAccessToken().getJwtToken(),
        accessTokenExpiresAt: res.getAccessToken().getExpiration(),
        idToken: res.getIdToken().getJwtToken(),
        idTokenExpiresAt: res.getAccessToken().getExpiration(),
      };
      callback(null, data);
    },
    onFailure: (err) => {
      callback(err);
    },
    mfaRequired: () => {
      const data = {
        nextStep: 'MFA_AUTH',
        loginSession: cognitoUser.Session,
      };
      callback(null, data);
    },
    totpRequired: () => {
      const data = {
        nextStep: 'SOFTWARE_TOKEN_MFA',
        loginSession: cognitoUser.Session,
      };
      callback(null, data);
    },
    newPasswordRequired: () => {
      const data = {
        nextStep: 'NEW_PASSWORD_REQUIRED',
        loginSession: cognitoUser.Session,
      };
      callback(null, data);
    },
  });
};
 
export default signin;

The Result in the Postman

Cognito email verification

References

https://github.com/elie-tdev/express-amazon-cognito/tree/congnito-signin (opens in a new tab) https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-social-idp.html#cognito-user-pools-social-idp-step-1 (opens in a new tab)

Cognito Sign Up Confirm Dashboard Template