Ionic Keycloak Auth

This module is designed for Ionic 4
with angular 7+ on Android and IOS
platforms only, and with keycloak 6+
To know
This library provides
- an
HttpInterceptor which automatically attaches a JSON Web Token
to HttpClient requests.
- an
Authentication Service which permit
authentication through browser-tab
(or in-app-browser when the first isn't
usable).
This library does rely on the
Jwt Library
of Auth0 which for handling tokens.
This should be imported in the root module
Installation
npm i @cmotion/ionic-keycloak-auth
yarn add @cmotion/ionic-keycloak-auth
Usage
Using this plugin requires two se-up parts, first using
ionic plugins and then a small part about cordova,
as stated in the official documentation.
Ionic Setup
These plugins are required to be setup when using this plugin:
ionic cordova plugin add ionic-plugin-deeplinks --variable URL_SCHEME=myapp --variable DEEPLINK_SCHEME=https --variable DEEPLINK_HOST=myapp.com --variable ANDROID_PATH_PREFIX=/
npm install @ionic-native/deeplinks
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-browsertab
npm install @ionic-native/browser-tab
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-inappbrowser
npm install @ionic-native/in-app-browser
npm install keycloak-js@your-version
And then import it in the AppModule:
import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
import {environment} from '../environments/environment';
import {IonicKeycloakAuthModule} from '@cmotion/ionic-keycloak-auth';
...
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
IonicKeycloakAuthModule.forRoot({
jwtModuleOptions: {
getToken: () => JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('token')),
setToken: (value) => localStorage.setItem('token', value ? JSON.stringify(value) : null),
whitelistedDomains: ["example.com"],
blacklistedRoutes: ["example.com/examplebadroute/"]
},
deepLinksConfig: {
deepLinkingScheme: 'myapp'
},
keycloakConfig: {
jsonConfig: () => environment.keycloakConfig
}
})
],
...
})
export class AppModule {
}
Yet you could set up cordova.
Cordova Setup
This is quit simple here. You just need to add some lines to
your config.xml, as the documentationo says.
-
First, add
<widget>
<preference name="AndroidLaunchMode" value="singleTask" />
</widget>
to make the app open only one single
instance oof every browsertab openend, so
that it wouldn't create one foor each login.
-
And then add this so it recognize
the keycloak url keycloak-address.com
directly when it's on https on IOS.
<universal-links>
<host name="keycloak-address.com" scheme="https">
<path url="/auth" />
</host>
</universal-links>
This will be all for cordova. Again, you should read the
official documentation
about integrating cordova with keycloak too to
understand all choices better
Usage
Now just use the login-Method of the
KeycloakAuthService to initiate a login
process with keycloak, which will resolve with
a AuthToken composed with Token-Response as
Keycloak does reply.
import {Component} from '@angular/core';
import {Router} from '@angular/router';
import {KeycloakAuthService} from '@cmotion/ionic-keycloak-auth';
...
@Component({
selector: 'page-login',
templateUrl: 'login.html',
styleUrls: ['./login.scss'],
})
export class LoginPage {
constructor(
public router: Router,
public keycloakAuthService: KeycloakAuthService,
) {
}
...
async keycloakLogin(isLogin: boolean) {
await this.keycloakAuthService.login(isLogin);
const sub = this.keycloakAuthService.user()
.subscribe(async user => {
if (user) {
await this.router.navigateByUrl('/app/tabs/schedule');
} else {
}
sub.unsubscribe();
});
}
...
}
When isLogin is true, the login process
leads to the login page of Keycloak, while false
leads to the registration page. Yet in your template:
<ion-button (click)="keycloakLogin(true)"
color="primary" expand="block"
shape="round" size="large">
Login here
</ion-button>
<ion-button (click)="keycloakLogin(false)"
fill="clear"
color="primary" expand="block"
shape="round" size="large">
Sign up
</ion-button>
Configuration Options
There are at time tree groups of options which are:
- keycloak config,
- deepLinks config, and
- jwt config
Keycloak Config
This is at time constituted from a single field,
jsonConfig which ist from type FetchKeycloakJSON,
which is basically () => KeycloakJsonStructure | Promise<KeycloakJsonStructure>.
The KeycloakJsonStructure here is just the json structure from the keycloak.json
which is being exported from keycloak.
You can then configure it in two ways, a direct one, or using a provider:
-
Using the direct way, by
just doing as in the example up there:
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
IonicKeycloakAuthModule.forRoot({
keycloakConfig: {
// Not optional:
// You need to define where the configuration
// for the keycloak is to be found. This
// can also be async.
jsonConfig: () => environment.keycloakConfig
}
})
],
...
})
export class AppModule {
}
-
Using a provider, as simple as using
the KEYCLOAK_OPTIONS token in the kcOptionsProvider:
import { KEYCLOAK_OPTIONS, IonicKeycloakAuthModule } from '@cmotion/ionic-keycloak-auth';
import { KeycloakService } from './keycloak.service';
export function jwtOptionsFactory(kcService: KeycloakService) {
return {
tokenGetter: async () => {
const config = await kcService.getAsyncKeycloakConfig();
return config;
}
}
}
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
IonicKeycloakAuthModule.forRoot({
kcOptionsProvider: {
provide: KEYCLOAK_OPTIONS,
useFactory: kcOptionsFactory,
deps: [KeycloakService]
}
})
],
...
})
export class AppModule {
}
PS:
- You can't use the two of them at the
same time, because one will override the other
- At time, the function will be called only
one time, to make the app faster, as making
the fetch request any time may impact performances.
For future version, it will be cached
DeepLink Config
This library subscribe to deeplinks
at a certain point and need your app scheme
to open the app once the browser process is
finished.
So this configuration cannot be changed at
runtime, so just do as the example provided before:
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
IonicKeycloakAuthModule.forRoot({
deepLinksConfig: {
deepLinkingScheme: 'myapp'
},
})
],
...
})
export class AppModule {
}
Not here, that the field deepLinkingScheme isn't optional then.
Jwt Config
This options can also be made using an
injector as the keycloak does, or doing it straight.
-
Using the straight way is as giving directly the config in the jwtModuleOptions:
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
IonicKeycloakAuthModule.forRoot({
jwtModuleOptions: {
// Not optional:
// As absolute necessity,
// there should be getters and
// setters for the token.
// These can be async.
getToken: () => JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('token')),
setToken: (value) => localStorage.setItem('token', value ? JSON.stringify(value) : null),
// These configuration are the same
// as of Jwt Library.
// It is to whitelist any domains that you
// want to make requests to.
whitelistedDomains: ["example.com"],
// Here the inverse for blacklisted Routes
blacklistedRoutes: ["example.com/examplebadroute/"]
},
})
],
...
})
export class AppModule {
}
or you could just
-
Use the JWT_GET_AND_SETTER-injector
and inject it as a provider in the jwtConfigProvider-field:
import { JWT_GET_AND_SETTER, IonicKeycloakAuthModule, AuthToken } from '@cmotion/ionic-keycloak-auth';
import { StorageService, JwtService } from './api.service';
export function jwtConfigFactory(storage: StorageService, jwt: JwtService) {
const config: JwtConfig | any = jwt.getConfig();
return {
...config,
getToken: async () => {
const token: AuthToken = await storage.getAsyncToken();
return token;
},
setToken: async (value: AuthToken) => {
await storage.setAsyncToken(value);
}
}
}
@NgModule({
imports: [
...
IonicKeycloakAuthModule.forRoot({
jwtConfigProvider: {
provide: JWT_GET_AND_SETTER,
useFactory: jwtConfigFactory,
deps: [StorageService, JwtService]
}
})
],
...
})
export class AppModule {
}
And that's all folks!
PS:
- As the keycloak config resolvers,
these can't be use at the same time
- For more information about each
setting here, please just refer to the
Jwt's module page,
as they're used as they are. Just the
tokenGetter-function is missing here.
Keycloak side Configuration
Here, not too much to say. Just that your client
shouldn't be bearer-only.
Author
This library is created and maintained by Coding Motion