NOTE: This library is now at version 5 and is published on npm as @auth0/angular-jwt
. If you're looking for the pre-v1.0 version of this library, it can be found in the pre-v1.0
branch and on npm as angular2-jwt
.
Version v5 of this library has some breaking changes concerning the allowedDomains
and disallowedRoutes
.
@auth0/angular-jwt v5 is to be used with Angular v10+ and RxJS v6+. For Angular v6+ to v9, use @auth0/angular-jwt v4
This library provides an HttpInterceptor
which automatically attaches a JSON Web Token to HttpClient
requests.
This library does not have any functionality for (or opinion about) implementing user authentication and retrieving JWTs to begin with. Those details will vary depending on your setup, but in most cases, you will use a regular HTTP request to authenticate your users and then save their JWTs in local storage or in a cookie if successful.
Note: This library can only be used with Angular 4.3 and higher because it relies on an
HttpInterceptor
from Angular'sHttpClient
. This feature is not available on lower versions.
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# installation with npm
npm install @auth0/angular-jwt
# installation with yarn
yarn add @auth0/angular-jwt
This library relies on the URL interface which is not supported in IE11. To solve the IE11 compatibility, you can add a polyfill.
- run
npm i --save url-polyfill
- add
import 'url-polyfill';
topolyfills.ts
in your project
If you are only interested in the JWT Decoder, and are not interested in extended injectable features, you can simply create an instance of the utility and use it directly:
import { JwtHelperService } from "@auth0/angular-jwt";
const helper = new JwtHelperService();
const decodedToken = helper.decodeToken(myRawToken);
const expirationDate = helper.getTokenExpirationDate(myRawToken);
const isExpired = helper.isTokenExpired(myRawToken);
Import the JwtModule
module and add it to your imports list. Call the forRoot
method and provide a tokenGetter
function. You must also add any domains to the allowedDomains
, that you want to make requests to by specifying an allowedDomains
array.
Be sure to import the HttpClientModule
as well.
import { JwtModule } from "@auth0/angular-jwt";
import { HttpClientModule } from "@angular/common/http";
export function tokenGetter() {
return localStorage.getItem("access_token");
}
@NgModule({
bootstrap: [AppComponent],
imports: [
// ...
HttpClientModule,
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
tokenGetter: tokenGetter,
allowedDomains: ["example.com"],
disallowedRoutes: ["http://example.com/examplebadroute/"],
},
}),
],
})
export class AppModule {}
Any requests sent using Angular's HttpClient
will automatically have a token attached as an Authorization
header.
import { HttpClient } from "@angular/common/http";
export class AppComponent {
constructor(public http: HttpClient) {}
ping() {
this.http.get("http://example.com/api/things").subscribe(
(data) => console.log(data),
(err) => console.log(err)
);
}
}
The tokenGetter
is a function which returns the user's token. This function simply needs to make a retrieval call to wherever the token is stored. In many cases, the token will be stored in local storage or session storage.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
tokenGetter: () => {
return localStorage.getItem("access_token");
},
},
});
If you have multiple tokens for multiple domains, you can use the HttpRequest
passed to the tokenGetter
function to get the correct token for each intercepted request.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
tokenGetter: (request) => {
if (request.url.includes("foo")) {
return localStorage.getItem("access_token_foo");
}
return localStorage.getItem("access_token");
},
},
});
Authenticated requests should only be sent to domains you know and trust. Many applications make requests to APIs from multiple domains, some of which are not controlled by the developer. Since there is no way to know what the API being called will do with the information contained in the request, it is best to not send the user's token to all APIs in a blind fashion.
List any domains you wish to allow authenticated requests to be sent to by specifying them in the allowedDomains
array. Note that standard http port 80 and https port 443 requests don't require a port to be specified. A port is only required in the allowed domains host name if you are authenticating against a non-standard port e.g. localhost:3001
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
allowedDomains: ["localhost:3001", "foo.com", "bar.com"],
},
});
If you do not want to replace the authorization headers for specific routes, list them here. This can be useful if your
initial auth route(s) are on an allowed domain and take basic auth headers. These routes need to be prefixed with the correct protocol (http://
, https://
). If you want to add a route to the list of disallowed routes regardless of the protocol, you can prefix it with //
.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
disallowedRoutes: [
"http://localhost:3001/auth/",
"https://foo.com/bar/",
"//foo.com/bar/baz",
/localhost:3001\/foo\/far.*/,
], // strings and regular expressions
},
});
Note: If requests are sent to the same domain that is serving your Angular application, you do not need to add that domain to the allowedDomains
array. However, this is only the case if you don't specify the domain in the Http
request.
For example, the following request assumes that the domain is the same as the one serving your app. It doesn't need to be allowed in this case.
this.http.get('/api/things')
.subscribe(...)
However, if you are serving your API at the same domain as that which is serving your Angular app and you are specifying that domain in Http
requests, then it does need to be explicitely allowed.
// Both the Angular app and the API are served at
// localhost:4200 but because that domain is specified
// in the request, it must be allowed
this.http.get('http://localhost:4200/api/things')
.subscribe(...)
The default header name is Authorization
. This can be changed by specifying a custom headerName
which is to be a string value.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
headerName: "Your Header Name",
},
});
The default authorization scheme is Bearer
followed by a single space. This can be changed by specifying a custom authScheme
. You can pass a string which will prefix the token for each request.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
authScheme: "Basic ",
},
});
If you want to change the auth scheme dynamically, or based on the request, you can configure a getter function which returns a string.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
authScheme: (request) => {
if (request.url.includes("foo")) {
return "Basic ";
}
return "Bearer ";
},
},
});
Setting throwNoTokenError
to true
will result in an error being thrown if a token cannot be retrieved with the tokenGetter
function. Defaults to false
.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
throwNoTokenError: true,
},
});
By default, the user's JWT will be sent in HttpClient
requests even if it is expired. You may choose to not allow the token to be sent if it is expired by setting skipWhenExpired
to true.
// ...
JwtModule.forRoot({
config: {
// ...
skipWhenExpired: true,
},
});
In some cases, you may need to provide a custom factory function to properly handle your configuration options. This is the case if your tokenGetter
function relies on a service or if you are using an asynchronous storage mechanism (like Ionic's Storage
).
Import the JWT_OPTIONS
InjectionToken
so that you can instruct it to use your custom factory function.
Create a factory function and specify the options as you normally would if you were using JwtModule.forRoot
directly. If you need to use a service in the function, list it as a parameter in the function and pass it in the deps
array when you provide the function.
import { JwtModule, JWT_OPTIONS } from '@auth0/angular-jwt';
import { TokenService } from './app.tokenservice';
// ...
export function jwtOptionsFactory(tokenService) {
return {
tokenGetter: () => {
return tokenService.getAsyncToken();
},
allowedDomains: ["example.com"]
}
}
// ...
@NgModule({
// ...
imports: [
JwtModule.forRoot({
jwtOptionsProvider: {
provide: JWT_OPTIONS,
useFactory: jwtOptionsFactory,
deps: [TokenService]
}
})
],
providers: [TokenService]
})
Note:: If a jwtOptionsFactory
is defined, then config
is ignored. Both configuration alternatives can't be defined at the same time.
The custom factory function approach described above can be used to get a token asynchronously with Ionic's Storage
.
import { JwtModule, JWT_OPTIONS } from '@auth0/angular-jwt';
import { Storage } from '@ionic/storage';
export function jwtOptionsFactory(storage) {
return {
tokenGetter: () => {
return storage.get('access_token');
},
allowedDomains: ["example.com"]
}
}
// ...
@NgModule({
// ...
imports: [
JwtModule.forRoot({
jwtOptionsProvider: {
provide: JWT_OPTIONS,
useFactory: jwtOptionsFactory,
deps: [Storage]
}
})
]
})
Note:: If a jwtOptionsFactory
is defined, then config
is ignored. Both configuration alternatives can't be defined at the same time.
This service contains helper functions:
import { JwtHelperService } from '@auth0/angular-jwt';
// ...
constructor(public jwtHelper: JwtHelperService) {}
ngOnInit() {
console.log(this.jwtHelper.isTokenExpired()); // true or false
}
import { JwtHelperService } from '@auth0/angular-jwt';
// ...
constructor(public jwtHelper: JwtHelperService) {}
ngOnInit() {
console.log(this.jwtHelper.getTokenExpirationDate()); // date
}
import { JwtHelperService } from '@auth0/angular-jwt';
// ...
constructor(public jwtHelper: JwtHelperService) {}
ngOnInit() {
console.log(this.jwtHelper.decodeToken(token)); // token
}
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- Add authentication with multiple authentication sources, either social like Google, Facebook, Microsoft Account, LinkedIn, GitHub, Twitter, Box, Salesforce, among others, or enterprise identity systems like Windows Azure AD, Google Apps, Active Directory, ADFS or any SAML Identity Provider.
- Add authentication through more traditional username/password databases.
- Add support for linking different user accounts with the same user.
- Support for generating signed Json Web Tokens to call your APIs and flow the user identity securely.
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This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.