var passport = require('passport'); var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local').Strategy; var mongoose = require('mongoose'); var User = mongoose.model('User'); passport.use(new LocalStrategy({ usernameField: 'user[email]', passwordField: 'user[password]' }, function(email, password, done) { User.findOne({email: email}).then(function(user){ if(!user || !user.validPassword(password)){ return done(null, false, {errors: {'email or password': 'is invalid'}}); } return done(null, user); }).catch(done); }));