✨ Re: #64 - Implements a 'Remember Me' dropdown in the Login form

src/utils/Auth.js

@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 import sha256 from 'crypto-js/sha256';
 import { cookieKeys, localStorageKeys } from './defaults';
 
+/**
+ * Generates a 1-way hash, in order to be stored in local storage for authentication
+ * @param {String} user The username of user
+ * @returns {String} The hashed token
+ */
 const generateUserToken = (user) => sha256(user.toString()).toString().toLowerCase();
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the user is currently authenticated
+ * @param {Array[Object]} users An array of user objects pulled from the config
+ * @returns {Boolean} Will return true if the user is logged in, else false
+ */
 export const isLoggedIn = (users) => {
   const validTokens = users.map((user) => generateUserToken(user));
   let userAuthenticated = false;
@@ -20,6 +30,15 @@ export const isLoggedIn = (users) => {
   return userAuthenticated;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Checks credentials entered by the user against those in the config
+ * Returns an object containing a boolean indicating success/ failure
+ * along with a message outlining what's not right
+ * @param {String} username The username entered by the user
+ * @param {String} pass The password entered by the user
+ * @param {String[]} users An array of valid user objects
+ * @returns {Object} An object containing a boolean result and a message
+ */
 export const checkCredentials = (username, pass, users) => {
   let response;
   if (!username) {
@@ -40,12 +59,23 @@ export const checkCredentials = (username, pass, users) => {
   return response || { correct: false, msg: 'User not found' };
 };
 
-export const login = (username, pass) => {
+/**
+ * Sets the cookie value in order to login the user locally
+ * @param {String} username - The users username
+ * @param {String} pass - Password, not yet hashed
+ * @param {Number} timeout - A desired timeout for the session, in ms
+ */
+export const login = (username, pass, timeout) => {
+  const now = new Date();
+  const expiry = new Date(now.setTime(now.getTime() + timeout)).toGMTString();
   const userObject = { user: username, hash: sha256(pass).toString().toLowerCase() };
-  document.cookie = `authenticationToken=${generateUserToken(userObject)}; max-age=600`;
+  document.cookie = `authenticationToken=${generateUserToken(userObject)}; expires=${expiry}`;
   localStorage.setItem(localStorageKeys.USERNAME, username);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Removed the browsers cookie, causing user to be logged out
+ */
 export const logout = () => {
   document.cookie = 'authenticationToken=null';
   localStorage.removeItem(localStorageKeys.USERNAME);
@@ -57,8 +87,8 @@ export const logout = () => {
  * But if auth is configured, then will verify user is correctly
  * logged in and then check weather they are of type admin, and
  * return false if any conditions fail
- * @param users[] : Array of users
+ * @param {String[]} - Array of users
- * @returns Boolean : True if admin privileges
+ * @returns {Boolean} - True if admin privileges
  */
 export const isUserAdmin = (users) => {
   if (!users || users.length === 0) return true; // Authentication not setup

src/views/Login.vue

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
       <h2 class="login-title">Dashy</h2>
       <Input v-model="username" label="Username" class="login-field username" type="text" />
       <Input v-model="password" label="Password" class="login-field password" type="password" />
+      <label>Remember me for</label>
+      <v-select
+        v-model="timeout"
+        :options="dropDownMenu"
+        label="label"
+        :selectOnTab="true"
+        class="login-time-dropdown"
+      />
       <Button class="login-button" :click="submitLogin">Login</Button>
       <transition name="bounce">
       <p :class="`login-error-message ${status}`" v-show="message">{{ message }}</p>
@@ -30,6 +38,13 @@ export default {
       password: '',
       message: '',
       status: 'waiting', // wating, error, success
+      timeout: { label: 'Never', time: 0 },
+      dropDownMenu: [ // Data for timeout dropdown menu, label + value
+        { label: 'Never', time: 0 }, // Time is specified in ms
+        { label: '4 Hours', time: 14400 * 1000 },
+        { label: '1 Day', time: 86400 * 1000 },
+        { label: '1 Week', time: 604800 * 1000 },
+      ],
     };
   },
   components: {
@@ -38,11 +53,12 @@ export default {
   },
   methods: {
     submitLogin() {
+      const timeout = this.timeout.time || 0;
       const response = checkCredentials(this.username, this.password, this.appConfig.auth || []);
       this.message = response.msg; // Show error or success message to the user
       this.status = response.correct ? 'success' : 'error';
       if (response.correct) { // Yay, credentials were correct :)
-        login(this.username, this.password); // Login, to set the cookie
+        login(this.username, this.password, timeout); // Login, to set the cookie
         setTimeout(() => { // Wait a short while, then redirect back home
           router.push({ path: '/' });
         }, 250);
@@ -130,4 +146,30 @@ export default {
   100% { transform: scale(1); }
 }
 
+.v-select.login-time-dropdown {
+  margin: 0.5rem 0;
+  .vs__dropdown-toggle {
+    border-color: var(--login-form-color);
+    background: var(--login-form-background);
+    span.vs__selected {
+      color: var(--login-form-color);
+    }
+    .vs__actions svg path { fill: var(--login-form-color); }
+  }
+  ul.vs__dropdown-menu {
+    background: var(--login-form-background);
+    border-color: var(--login-form-color);
+    li {
+      color: var(--login-form-color);
+      &:hover {
+        color: var(--login-form-background);
+        background: var(--login-form-color);
+      }
+      &.vs__dropdown-option--highlight {
+        color: var(--login-form-background) !important;
+        background: var(--login-form-color);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
 </style>