Add user authentication to your Node.js Express app

Get started with Node.js Express + Okta

New to Okta? Our resources walk you through adding user authentication to your Node.js Express app in minutes.

• Sign users in quickstart
• Protect your API quickstart
• Sample app

Integrate with Okta using the Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta by redirecting to the Okta Sign-In Widget using OpenID Connect (OIDC) client libraries.

Express JS redirect authentication sample app (opens new window): See Okta-hosted login (opens new window) for a redirect configuration.

Integrate with Okta using embedded Sign-In Widget and SDKs

These SDKs help you integrate with Okta to build your own fully-branded authentication by embedding an Okta Sign-In Widget and/or SDK.

• Okta JavaScript SDK (opens new window): See the Okta Identity Engine README (opens new window) for the Identity Engine specific instructions.
• Express JS embedded authentication with SDK sample app (opens new window)
• Express JS embedded Sign-In Widget sample app (opens new window)

Okta Classic Node.js SDKs

• The Okta Node.js SDK (opens new window) can be used in your server-side code to create and update users and groups.
• okta-sdk-nodejs on npm (opens new window)
• Node.js SDK reference (JSDoc) (opens new window)
• Okta JWT Verifier for Node.js (opens new window)
• Okta OIDC Middleware for Node.js (opens new window)

Recommended guides

Okta-hosted Sign-In Widget guide:

Sign users in to your web app using the redirect model

Embedded SDK and Sign-In Widget sign-in guide:

Get set up with Identity Engine sample apps and embedded use cases

Other guides:

• Protect your API endpoints
• Implement the Authorization Code flow
• Add an identity provider (includes social login)
• Validate access tokens
• Validate ID tokens

Note: Browse our recent Node.js Developer Blog posts (opens new window) for further useful topics.