jwt-koa

jwt-koa

Simple middleware for secured APIs and servers with Koa.

Setup

Install it:

npm install jwt-koa jsonwebtoken --save

or

yarn add jwt-koa jsonwebtoken

Usage

Import

const jwtKoa = require('jwt-koa');

Set middleware to secured Router

process.env.secret = 'SECRET';

securedRouter.use(jwtKoa);
securedRouter.get('/secured', async ctx => {
    ctx.body = { data: 'Secured Data' };
});

Send token to client

notSecuredRouter.post('/send', async ctx => {
    const token = jwt.sign({ data: 'DATA' }, process.env.secret, {
        expiresIn: 3000
    });
    ctx.response.body = token;
});

Client-side example

fetch('/secured', { method: 'GET', headers: { Authorization: /* There is token from backend*/ } })
    .then(j => j.json())
    .then(data => /* There is secured data*/);

Usage example