Expressjs Chained Middlewares

express-app-chained-middlewares.js

function authenticate(req, res, next) {
  if (req.params.status === "authenticated") {
    req.isAuthenticated = true
  } else {
    req.isAuthenticated = false
  }
  next();
}


function authorize(req, res, next) {
  if (req.isAuthenticated == false) {
    next()
    return
  }
  if (req.params.role === "admin") {
    req.redirectRoute = "dashboard"
  } else if (req.params.role === "user") {
    req.redirectRoute = `homepage/${req.params.userId}`
  } else {
    req.redirectRoute = "contact-support"
  }
  next();
}


app.get('/verify/:status/:role/:userId', authenticate, authorize, function (req, res) {
  if(req.isAuthenticated == false){
    res.status(403);
    res.send('Unauthenticated. Please signup!');
    return 
  } 
  res.send('Redirecting ' + req.redirectRoute);
});