Phoesion.DevJwt 0.1.6

Phoesion.DevJwt

Library and dotnet-tool for developing and testing web api services with JWT authorization. Create custom tokens that can be used localy, without an external authority.

How to use in your service

1. Install the NuGet package

dotnet add package Phoesion.DevJwt

2. Enable dev-jwt on your JWT authorization services using the UseDevJwt() extension

services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
        .AddJwtBearer(o => o.UseDevJwt(builder.Environment));

3. Configure in appsetting.Development.json

"Authentication": {
   "Schemes": {
      "Bearer": {
         "ValidAudience": "myApi",
         "ValidIssuer": "phoesion.devjwt"
      }
   }
}

Generate a jwt

1. Install the dotnet tool

dotnet tool install --global phoesion.devjwt.cli

2. Generate token using

dotnet devjwt create myApi --email user@mail.com --sub 42

You can now use the token for your requests.

General Information

The UseDevJwt() extension configures an ISecurityTokenValidator that validates the token. Using the HostingEnvironment, it checks that the handler is only added for Development and Testing environments.

Samples

The repository contains the following samples projects in the Samples folder :

• SampleWebApi : an ASP.Net core web api application
• SampleGlowMicroservice : a Phoesion Glow microservice
• TokenGeneratorSample : a console application that demononstrates how to generate token programmatically

Custom signing key

By default, the generator and validator use a predefined key for signing/veryfing the token. This way it will pass validation and you don't need to care about where/how the token was generated (doesn't use UserSecrets store), which is fine since it's for local development and testing.

You can however generate/validate tokens using a custom key like so :

• In the tool specify a key to be used for signing the token using the --signkey parameter :

dotnet devjwt create myApi --email user@mail.com --sub 42 --signkey thiskeyisverylargetobreak

• In the service authentication setup, provide the key to the UseDevJwt() function

services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
        .AddJwtBearer(o => o.UseDevJwt(builder.Environment, "thiskeyisverylargetobreak"));