# Node-red with COAP

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [23 September 2019 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809 "2019-09-23T13:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sanjaycoder-r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sanjaycoder-r/32/12281_2.png) [@Sanjaycoder-r](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sanjaycoder-r)\
**Post date:** [23 September 2019 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809/1 "2019-09-23T13:41:45Z")

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Hi all,

How to enable database-level username and password authentication for validating users in node-red with coap protocol ?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![ukmoose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ukmoose/32/13_2.png) [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2019 07:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809/2 "2019-09-24T07:36:23Z")

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Rather than just editing a space in your post to "bump" it.

Perhaps it needs more information about what you have done or what you are trying to achieve.

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2019 07:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809/3 "2019-09-24T07:40:46Z")

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Have you [searched flows](https://flows.nodered.org/?term=coap&num_pages=1) or [Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=node-red+coap&oq=node-red+coap). There is info out there!

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**Author:** ![Sanjaycoder-r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sanjaycoder-r/32/12281_2.png) [@Sanjaycoder-r](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sanjaycoder-r)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2019 09:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809/4 "2019-09-24T09:40:13Z")

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Yes, I did but I didn't get enough info .

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**Author:** ![bakman2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bakman2/32/6207_2.png) [@bakman2](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bakman2)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2019 09:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809/5 "2019-09-24T09:46:44Z")

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There are examples included in the node, go to the hamburger menu, import, select examples on the left and select the coap node.

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**Author:** ![Sanjaycoder-r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sanjaycoder-r/32/12281_2.png) [@Sanjaycoder-r](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sanjaycoder-r)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2019 09:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-with-coap/15809/6 "2019-09-24T09:56:27Z")

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There are two examples which are client and server flow, but how to authenticate users who are sending data .