NodeJS compatibility

[natcohen]

I think it's a must have, for security reasons, to be able to authenticate and login from the server!

[nolanlawson]

This was never one of my goals with this project, but anybody who wants to add the functionality is welcome. :) As long as it doesn't seriously degrade the browser version (e.g. adding huge polyfills).

[natcohen]

@nolanlawson I'm probably naive but I always thought couchdb was handling most of the job...hence I thought authentication was just sending and receiving requests to and from couchdb! What can't be handled by node and would require polyfills?

[SinanGabel]

@natcohen: see e.g. https://www.npmjs.com/package/superlogin I have not used it myself but I know there are a few alternatives including superlogin. Br

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[ptitjes]

Fixed by 5b61b00.