ExpressJS apply JWT for file url - express

Question

So I'm trying to make authorization for routes with JWT, it all worked if used on routes.
app.get('/user/list', jwtMiddleware, action);
And the jwtMiddleware content is (more or less):
var token = req.headers.authorization;
// decode token
if (token) {
// verifies secret and checks exp
jwt.verify(token, process.env.SECRET_TOKEN, function(err, decoded) {
if (err) {
return res.status(401).send({
success: false,
message: 'Sign in to continue.'
});
} else {
// if everything is good, save to request for use in other routes
next();
}
});
} else {
// if there is no token
// return an error
return res.status(401).send({
success: false,
message: 'Sign in to continue.'
});
}
it works, but I have these image files in uploads/ folder which accessible by /upload/image-1.jpg and I want to prevent direct access to /upload/image-1.jpg by using wildcard routes app.get('/upload*', jwtMiddleware, action);
then I try accessing random route with upload prefix like /upload/test, the jwt middleware works. But if I explicitly type /upload/image-1.jpg the browser just show the image, it's like the middleware or wildcard route (/upload*) is not accessed (the console.log inside middleware didn't even fired).
Previously I use restify and restify-jwt-middleware, it could handle this case flawlessly but in express I can't find out why it doesn't work. Maybe because restify-jwt-middleware automatically registers all routes into jwt validation whereas express need to declare each route with jwt middleware manually.
is there anything I miss in this case? thank you.

Answer 1

add/modify to another route like app.get('/upload/:image', jwtMiddleware, action)
this will check all the route you mentioned /upload/*
EDIT :
put the static files(eg.uploaded files somewhere like images/upload) and route them using the serveStaticFiles plugin restify and put jwt middleware to verify the user login status.
server.get(
'/uploads/*',
jwtMiddleware,
restify.plugins.serveStaticFiles('./images/upload')
);

Answer 2

In case anyone still confused, here's my answer in express which is similar approach to yathomasi's
// the fake route
app.get('uploads/:name', jwtMiddleware, (req, res, next) => {
if (fs.existsSync('./realpath/' + req.params.name)) {
res.sendFile('./realpath/' + req.params.name);
} else {
res.status(404).body({status : 'ERROR', message : 'File not found'});
}
});
this way, the uploads/somefile.jpg is treated as route url not file url and will be processed by jwtMiddleware