NodeJS Authorize with JWT token

Question

I'm trying to use a JWT token to authorize the user before allowing them to GET a "welcome" page.

Here's the code for the endpoint;

var apiRoutes = express.Router();
apiRoutes.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
apiRoutes.use(bodyParser.json());
apiRoutes.use(verifyToken);
apiRoutes.get('/', welcome)

Here's the verifyToken function;

var verifyToken=function (req, res,next) {
    var token = req.body.token || req.query.token || req.headers['token'];
     if (token) {
        jwt.verify(token, config.secret, function (err, currUser) {
            if (err) {
                res.send(err);
            } else {
                req.currUser = currUser;
                next();
            }
        });
    }
     else {
        res.status(401).send("Invalid Access");
    }
};
module.exports=verifyToken;

And here's the welcome page;

module.exports=function(req, res) {
    res.send('Welcome..!! Now  you are now authenticated !');
};

But when I try to GET the endpoint in Postman I get this;

 Cannot GET /

I've tried putting the token in Postman as parameters, as raw body JSON, in the headers, and as a form but still unable to get the welcome page. What am I missing?

Answer 1

To be sure that your middleware runs when the endpoint is called, you may put something like this: in your server.js

app.use('/api', apiRoutes);

and in your route fils

apiRoutes.get('/', verifyToken, welcome);

And remove it from the use