Node/Angularjs app not receiving JSON Web Token when using angularjs ui

Question

I am making a MEAN stack application with authentication by JWT. This is the script which handles token authentication:

authenticationService.js

examApp.factory('authenticationService', ['$window', function ($window) {
var authToken = {};
var store = $window.localStorage;
var key = 'auth-token';
authToken.getToken = function () {
    return store.getItem(key);
}

authToken.setToken = function (token) {
    if (token) {
        store.setItem = (key, token);
    } else {
        store.removeItem(key);
    }
}

return authToken;}]);

Now, whenever i am logging into my application, the user/admin can log in successfully but in console, i am not receiving any tokens with token=null being displayed.

When i log in the application through POSTMAN tool and manually copy-pasting token after token= part in routes, i can perform any task, but logging in through angularjs ui, i get

Token authentication failed

Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

There is a problem in your code at

authToken.setToken = function (token) {
    if (token) {
        store.setItem = (key, token); // Here is the problem
    } else {
        store.removeItem(key);
    }
}

You are assigning the store.setItem, instead you need to execute store.setItem like below

authToken.setToken = function (token) {
    if (token) {
        store.setItem(key, token);
    } else {
        store.removeItem(key);
    }
}