json-web-token

I am using Django Rest Framework and i've included a 3rd party package called REST framework JWT Auth . It returns a token when you send a username/password to a certain route. Then the token is needed for permission to certain routes. However, how do I get the username from the token? I've looked all through the package documentation and went through StackOverflow. It is a JSON Web Token and I am assuming there is a method like username = decode_token(token) but I haven't found such a method. Basically you could do this username = request.user.username For me with Django (2.0.1),

Following a couple tutorials on adding authentication using jsonwebtoken, passport, and passport-local I've become stuck on integrating it into my project . I want it so that any requests to any of the API endpoints require authentication, and also any requests to the front end which touch the API require authentication. What is happening now is I can get a user to log in and register but once they are logged in they are still unable to visit a page which is requiring authentication. The user gets a 401 error. It's like the token isn't being passed correctly in the request. I tried adding an

Firstly, what's a good method of generating a secret key? I should punch in a lot of random keys on my keyboard to generate one, but there must be a better solution to this. Explain the way to generate a very good key. Second, what's a good way to store the key? I could write the key in my applications configuration, but that means that a compromise of the source code will compromise the entire system. What's good means of storing the secret key in a Node.js Express app? To generate a secret programatically you could use node's crypto.randomBytes() var crypto = require('crypto'); var jwt =

I have created the Spring Authorization Server which issues JWT-s and a Resource Server which checks the JWT, its claims and permissions on the Authorization Server. To do so, I have followed this article . My question is why I need to send the Authorization header with HTTP Basic authorization and Base64 encoded username/password (ClientId:ClientSecret) in get token request? I have seen JWT implementations where only username and password are required. dur It is part of the specification, see RFC 6749 : 2.3 Client Authentication If the client type is confidential, the client and authorization

I am attempting to create a token validation method that returns true if a JWT token is valid based on the signature. I don't think I really need to validate everything in the token but what actually signifies a token is valid after calling ValidateToken()? The existence of a principle? The out referenced token contains certain values? Not sure when to return true from this method. public bool ValidateToken(string tokenString) { var validationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters() { ValidIssuer = "My Company", ValidAudience = ApplicationId, IssuerSigningKey = JsonWebTokenSecretKey };

I am using jwt plugin and strategy in hapijs. I am able to create jwt token while login user and authenticate other API using the same token through 'jwt' strategy. I am setting the token in 'request.state.USER_SESSION' as a cookie where USER_SESSION is token name. Also I am not saving these token in database. But how can I destroy jwt token at the time of logout. Please suggest a way. pedrofb The JWT is stored on browser, so remove the token deleting the cookie at client side If you need also to invalidate the token from server side before its expiration time, for example account deleted