passport-jwt.socketio

A Socket.IO middleware for authenticating with a JSON Web Token based on passport-jwt.

This module lets you authenticate socket.io endpoints using a JSON web token. It is intended to be used to secure endpoints without sessions.

Example usage

1// Initialize our modules
2const io = require('socket.io')(server)
3const passportJwtSocketIo = require('passport-jwt.socketio')
4
5// set the passport-jwt options
6const options = {
7  jwtFromRequest: ExtractJwt.fromUrlQueryParameter('token'),
8  secretOrKey: secret
9}
10
11// define the verify callback
12function verify(jwtPayload, done) {
13  // token is valid 
14  // we still can verify the token
15
16  // the user passed is set to socket.request.user
17  done(null, user)
18}
19
20
21// set the authorization middleware
22io.use(passportJwtSocketIo.authorize(options, verify))
23

Tests

npm install
npm test

Inspiration

• passport.socketio

Contribute

You are always welcome to open an issue or provide a pull-request!

License

The MIT License