HasJwtToken

HasJwtToken provides JWT authetication for models which are kean to use has_secure_password in Rails app and wants to use it to grant jwt tokens.

This gem is build on top of Ruby's JWT gem and it implements JWT.encode and JWT.decode (with validation enabled) methods.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'has_jwt_token'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install has_jwt_token

Usage

To get started add HasJwtToken::Model into your model and configure gem using has_jwt_token.

class User
  include HasJwtToken::Model

  attr_accessor :name, :password_digest

  has_jwt_token do |jwt|
    jwt.algorithm 'HS256'
    jwt.payload :name # model attribute #name
    jwt.payload :custom_proc_class_method, -> { dummy_class_method }
    jwt.payload :custom_proc_istance_method, ->(model) { model.dummy_instance_method }
    jwt.payload :custom_plain_value, 321
    jwt.secret 'secret'

    jwt.header :header_field, :header_value
    jwt.header :header_field2, -> { 123 }

    jwt.expiration_time -> { Time.now.to_i + 60 }
    jwt.not_before_time -> { Time.now.to_i }
    jwt.issued_at -> { Time.now.to_i }
    jwt.jwt_id -> { SecureRandom.hex }
    jwt.issuer :dummy_app
    jwt.audience :client_app
    jwt.subject :dummy_app
  end
end

user = User.last

user.authenicate(password) # => user with @token
User.find_with_jwt(token) # => user with @token

Roadmap

  • Add blacklisted tokens managment
  • Remove Rails depedency

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/pucinsk/has_jwt_token. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the HasJwtToken project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.