I have this Javascript code to handle ActiveDirectory authentication. I need to create a React component that uses this code, what is the best way to achieve this in React?
var config = { url: 'ldap://compandomain.com:389',
baseDN: 'dc=domainname,dc=com',
username: 'user',
password: 'pass' };
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
var username = 'john.smith@domain.com';
var password = 'password';
ad.authenticate(username, password, function(err, auth) {
if (err) {
console.log('ERROR: '+JSON.stringify(err));
return;
}
if (auth) {
console.log('Authenticated!');
}
else {
console.log('Authentication failed!');
}
});
The React component looks like this:
export default class ActiveDirectory extends React.Component {
..
......
.........
render() {
return <div ..../>;
}
}
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Answer
you should be abler to handle this authentication in the componentDidMount lifecycle method. it should probably look like this.
import React from 'react';
import ActiveDirectory from 'activedirectory';
export default class ActiveDirectoryComponent extends React.Component {
state = {
authResponse: undefined
};
componentDidMount() {
var config = {
url: 'ldap://compandomain.com:389',
baseDN: 'dc=domainname,dc=com',
username: 'user',
password: 'pass'
};
var ad = new ActiveDirectory(config);
var username = 'john.smith@domain.com';
var password = 'password';
ad.authenticate(username, password, function (err, auth) {
if (err) {
this.setState({ authResponse: { error: JSON.stringify(err) } });
return;
}
if (auth) {
this.setState({ authResponse: auth });
} else {
console.log('Authentication failed!');
this.setState({ authResponse: { authFailed: true } });
}
});
}
render() {
if (!this.state.authResponse) {
return <div>Authenticating....</div>;
}
if (this.state.authResponse.error) {
return <div>{this.state.authResponse.error}</div>
}
if (this.state.authResponse.authFailed) {
return <div>Authentication Failed</div>
}
return <div>.....</div>
}
}