Feathersjs app with authentication

http.js

var feathers = require('feathers');
var rest = require('feathers-rest');
var socketio = require('feathers-socketio');
var hooks = require('feathers-hooks');
var authentication = require('feathers-authentication');
var authHooks = authentication.hooks;
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var handler = require('feathers-errors/handler');

// Express compression
var compression = require("compression");
// Configure application
var app = feathers();
app.use(compression());

app.use(feathers.static('html', {
    maxAge: maxAge
}));

// Parse HTTP JSON bodies
app.use(bodyParser.json());
// Parse URL-encoded params
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
// Register hooks module
app.configure(hooks());
// Add REST API support
app.configure(rest());
// Configure Socket.io real-time APIs
app.configure(socketio());

// Register our authentication plugin
app.configure(authentication());
// Register our aws dynamodb "users" service
app.use('/users', db_users);
// Register a nicer error handler than the default Express one
app.use(handler());

......

// Register a before hook to hash passwords
app.service('users').before({
    create: authentication.hooks.hashPassword()
});

//setup profile service

app.service('profile', {
    find:
            function (params) {

                return Promise.resolve("hi");
            }

});
// Register a before hook to get user
app.service('profile').before({
    find: [
        authentication.hooks.verifyToken(),
        authentication.hooks.populateUser(),
        function (hook) {
            console.log(hook);
            return hook;
        }
    ]
});

socketConnection.js

var socket = io();
// setup feathers client side
var app = feathers();

 // Register hooks module
            app.configure(feathers.hooks());
            // Register socket.io
            app.configure(feathers.socketio(socket));
            // Set up a store to cache your auth token and user
            app.use('storage', localstorage({storage: localStorage}));
            // Set up authentication
            app.configure(feathers.authentication());
            
             this.connected = function () {

            console.log("Connection established");
            // If we have a token try and authenticate with it
            app.token()
                    .then(function (token) {
                        return app.authenticate({
                            type: 'token',
                            'token': token
                        })
                                .then(function (result) {
                                
                                  
// Handles a user logging in with email and password
        this.authenticate = function (evt, data) {
            var _this = this;
            app.authenticate({
                type: 'local',
                'email': data.email,
                'password': data.password
            }).then(function (result) {

                console.log('Authenticated');
                _this.trigger(document, "authSuccess");