simple-bearer-token

A module that creates and returns a token object from a bearer token string.

Installation

npm i --save simple-bearer-token

How to use

const Token = require('simple-bearer-token');
 
const bearerTokenString = 'Get the token from your request, (or from anywhere)';
const options = {
  'secretOrPublicKey': 'shhhh',
};
const token = new Token(bearerTokenString, options); 

If the token is valid, it will return the object. Otherwise, it will throw an error.

Options

Option	Description
secretOrPublicKey	a string or buffer containing either the secret for HMAC algorithms, or the PEM encoded public key for RSA and ECDSA

Any option of the verify method of the jsonwebtoken module:

• algorithms
• audience
• issuer
• ignoreExpiration
• subject
• clockTolerance
• maxAge
• clockTimestamp

Such options will be used to verify the token.

License and Credits

MIT License. Copyright 2017

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