Thream/socketio-jwt
Authenticate socket.io incoming connections with JWTs.
📜 About
Authenticate socket.io incoming connections with JWTs.
Compatible with socket.io >= 3.0
.
This repository was originally forked from auth0-socketio-jwt & it is not intended to take any credit but to improve the code from now on.
💾 Install
npm install --save @thream/socketio-jwt
⚙️ Usage
Server side
import { Server } from 'socket.io'
import socketioJWT from '@thream/socketio-jwt'
const io = new Server(9000)
io.use(
authorize({
secret: 'your secret or public key'
})
)
io.on('connection', async () => {
const clients = await io.sockets.allSockets()
for (const clientId of clients) {
const client = io.sockets.sockets.get(clientId)
console.log(client.decodedToken)
}
})
Client side
import { io } from 'socket.io-client'
const socket = io('http://localhost:9000', {
extraHeaders: { Authorization: `Bearer ${yourJWT}` }
})
socket.on('connect_error', (error) => {
if (error.data.type === 'UnauthorizedError') {
console.log('User token has expired')
}
})
socket.on('messages', (data) => {
console.log(data)
})
💡 Contributing
Anyone can help to improve the project, submit a Feature Request, a bug report or even correct a simple spelling mistake.
The steps to contribute can be found in the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
📄 License
MIT