Scopes in hapi can be used to set up and implement basic access restriction. The linked tutorial provides the details if you want to get started with scopes. This tutorial shows you how to take scopes to the next level by using dynamic request properties like query or path parameters …

In an advanced development state, you want to make use of request headers and because you don’t blindly trust the incoming values, you also apply validation rules. With hapi, you’ve a framework that has validation built into its core and makes it easy to define rules for request …

Access control to individual routes in hapi can be easily implemented using scopes. If you’re new to the concept of scopes, please head over to the introductory tutorial on how to restrict access with scopes in hapi. In this tutorial you’ll change the response for insufficient scopes from …

Building an application that allows users to sign up for your platform always involves authentication and some kind of authorization. You may have dedicated administration areas where „normal“ users shouldn’t have access to. With hapi you can build on a great feature: scopes. Scopes are part of the authentication …

The powerful plugin system is one of hapi’s most undervalued features! It’s a great component, well implemented and allows you to develop your features isolated from one another to separate concerns. Imagine this example: you’ve enabled CSRF protection using hapi’s crumb plugin and also want to …

Web application development with hapi allows you to build with rapid speed. Many boilerplates exist and provide the fundamental structure with functionality for user handling, view template management and more. That means you can jumpstart right into the nitty gritty development of your application. And of course in these social …

Pug is a feature rich template engine for Node.js and of course you can make use of it in your hapi project. Previously, the project was called Jade and the developers needed to rename it to Pug because of a registered trademark called “Jade”. Of course, that doesn’t …

Actively maintained applications get started and stopped very often. It’s not like the operating system of your web server that doesn’t get touched for years once set up ;-) Especially during development, you’re usually starting a local instance of your app multiple times a day! Update — hapi …