I tried

src/routing/admin_router.js

@@ -108,18 +108,19 @@ router.post('/login', (req, res, next) => {
         else if (!user) {
             return res.json(403, {message: "Not authenticated."});
         }
-
-        console.log(req.headers); // return 'Origin' header, useful later
         
         req.login(user, (err) => {
             if (err) {
                 console.log(err);
                 return err;
             }
+
             // if request asks for a json, reply with a token
             // else redirect to admin panel
             (req.header('accept') == 'application/json')
-                ? res.json({ message: 'Authentication succeeded.' })
+                ? res.json({ 
+                    message: 'Authentication succeeded.'
+                })
                 : res.redirect('/admin');
             
         });

src/server.js

@@ -75,12 +75,36 @@ const corsOptions = {
 };
 server.use(cors(corsOptions));
 
+import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
+
+const SECRET_KEY = "azojgc;aegpfrihzcksdlmpqsqkx";
+
+/*
+const addUser = async (req, res, next) => {
+    const token = req.cookies.csrftoken;
+    if (!token) return next();
+    console.log(`Token is ${token}`);
+
+    try {
+        const { user } = jwt.verify(token, SECRET_KEY);
+        req.user = user;
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.log('Cookie error',err);
+    }
+};
+
+server.use(addUser);
+*/
+
 server.use('/graphql', 
     bodyParser.json(), // parse incoming HTTP request (req) as a JSON
     graphqlHTTP(async (req, res, params) => {
         // vary the options *on a per-request basis*
         let uid;
         let password;
+
+        console.log(`User ${req.user ? req.user.uid : "none"}`);
+        console.log("User authenticated:",req.isAuthenticated());
         
         if(req.isAuthenticated()) {
             try {
@@ -95,7 +119,8 @@ server.use('/graphql',
             uid = defaultUser.dn.split("=")[1].split(",")[0];
             password = defaultUser.passwd;
         }
-        // console.log("Accessing GraphQL as: ",uid);
+
+        console.log("Cookies:",req.cookies);
 
         return {
             schema,