Passport authentication strategy for Melinda using jwt tokens

Melinda implementation of passport + jwt token authorization

How to implement in server side

Create JWT token

import {generateJwtToken} from '@natlibfi/passport-melinda-jwt';
const token: generateJwtToken(payload, {
  secretOrPrivateKey,
  issuer,
  audience,
  algorithm
});

• secretOrPrivateKey: secret
• issuer: String value of issuer
• audience: String value of audience
• algorithm: encryption method default: 'HS512'

Check JWT token

import MelindaJwtStrategy, {verify, jwtFromRequest} from '@natlibfi/passport-melinda-jwt';

passport.use(new MelindaJwtStrategy({
  secretOrKey
  issuer,
  audience,
  algorithms,
  jwtFromRequest
}, verify));

• secretOrKey: secret
• issuer: String value of issuer
• audience: String value of audience
• algorithms: String array, e.g. ['HS512']
• jwtFromRequest: Function that gets token from request (Default contained in this repository)
• verify: Function to verify token content (Default contained in this repository)

How to implement in client side

headers: {
  Authorization: token,
}

• Send token as authorization header in requests

License and copyright

Copyright (c) 2021-2024 University Of Helsinki (The National Library Of Finland)

This project's source code is licensed under the terms of MIT or any later version.