react-native-msal-module

react-native-msal-module

MSAL authorization library for React Native

Looking for the MSAL plugin for React Native, here you are

Based on great plugin but deprecated react-native-msal-plugin

Important!

Package has been tested only on React Native 0.59.9. We need some time to check the package on the newest versions of React Native

Support

• React Native 0.59.9 and ealier versions, 0.60+ is planned for testing
• iOS 13 (tested) ✅
• AndroidX (tested) ✅
• Typescript ✅

Instalation

$ npm install react-native-msal-module --save

Automatic linking is not tested. We recommend manual linking

iOS

Setting the plugin requires adding proper properties in Info.plist and AppDelegate.m . Here is the documentation of MSAL for iOS client. More in second point below.

• We provide only Cocoapods linking. In your pod file add:

  ...
  # Lines below
  pod 'MSAL', '~> 1.0.3' # <~ This line 
  pod 'react-native-msal-module', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-msal-module' # <~  this line
  
  ...

  end

• After that pod install

• You need to implement Configuring MSAL step

  1. Make sure you have done Adding MSAL to your project (3 points)
  2. Make suer you have done iOS only steps (2 points)
  3. Add code below to your AppDelegate.m (3rd point of iOS only steps)

  - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
             openURL:(NSURL *)url
             options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey,id> *)options
  {
     return [MSALPublicClientApplication handleMSALResponse:url
                                          sourceApplication:options[UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsSourceApplicationKey]];
  }
  

That's all!

Android

First of all, according to the Android documentation and this plugin you should implement steps below:

• Add file msal_config.json (draft) in assets directory in [your-project]/android/app/src/main

  • remember that redirect_uri includes YOUR_BASE64_URL_ENCODED_PACKAGE_SIGNATURE so you need BASE64 format of SIGNATURE parsed into URL. The same thing should be added in your Azure panel under redirect uris section

  • Also remember that your release signature differ with debug signature

• Implement this step in your AndroidManifest.xml

• Linking:

  • in [your-project]/android/app/build.gradle add:

  dependencies {
  ...
  implementation project(':react-native-msal-module') // <~ add this line
  ...
  }
  

  • in [your-project]/android/settings.gradle add:

  rootProject.name = '<NAME_OF_YOUR_PROJECT>'
  ...
  include ':react-native-msal-module' // <~ add this line
  project(':react-native-msal-module').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-msal-module/android') // <~ add this line
  ...
  
  include ':app'
  

  • in [your-project]/android/app/src/main/java/com/[your-project]/MainApplication.java add:

  package <YOUR_APP_PACKAGE>
  ...
  import com.reactlibrary.RNMsalModulePackage; // <~ add this line
  ...
  
  public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
  
  ...
   @Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
        return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
            new MainReactPackage(),
            ...
            new RNMsalModulePackage(), // <~ add this line
            ...
        );
      }
  ...
  

That's all, you did it!

Usage

Initialization

import React from 'react';
import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
import MSAL from 'react-native-msal-module';

export class App extends React.Component {
    componentDidMount() {
        MSAL.init(<YOUR_CLIENT_ID>);
    }
    
    render() {
       <View>
            <Text>App</Text> 
       </View>
    }

};

Acquire token

    acquireTokenAsync: (scopes: string[]) => Promise<MSALResponse>;

import React from 'react';
import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
import MSAL from 'react-native-msal-module';

export class App extends React.Component {
    async componentDidMount() {
        // Acquire token can be executed only after successful initalization of MSAL
        // Pass needed scopes
        const msalResponse = await MSAL.acquireTokenAsync(scopes);
    }
    render() {
       <View>
            <Text>App</Text> 
       </View>
    }
}

MSAL reponse

Parameter	type
accessToken	String
idToken	String
userId	String
expiresOn	String
userInfo	MSALUser type

MSALUser type

Parameter	type
username	String
userIdentifier	String
environment	String
tenantId	String

Acquire token silently

    acquireTokenSilentAsync: (scopes: string[], userIdentifier: string) => Promise<MSALResponse>;

import React from 'react';
import { View, Text } from 'react-native';
import MSAL from 'react-native-msal-module';

export class App extends React.Component {
    async componentDidMount() {
        // Acquire token silent can be executed only after successful initalization of MSAL
        // Pass userId retrieved from aqcuireToken and scopes
        const msalResponse = await MSAL.acquireTokenSilentAsync(scopes, userId);
    }
    render() {
       <View>
            <Text>App</Text> 
       </View>
    }
}

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Known issues

- idToken is currently unavailable in Android https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-android/issues/850

• Sometimes webview in iOS has refreshing loop

Roadmap

It's unclear when official plugin will be released so for now:

• Test on newest React Native version
• Write tests
• Add example
• Implement methods for Single Account

License

• See LICENSE