var passport = require('passport'), LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy; passport.use(new LocalStrategy( function(username, password, done) { if(username === 'jose' && password === 'Pa123'){ return done(null, { name: 'jose', mail: 'j@f.r' }); } else { return done(null, false, {message: 'wrong user name or password'}); } } )); passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) { done(null, user); }); passport.deserializeUser(function(user, done) { done(null, user); });