JWT utils for Fastify, internally uses jsonwebtoken.
fastify-jwt
supports Fastify@3.
fastify-jwt
v1.x
supports both Fastify@2.
npm i fastify-jwt --save
Register as a plugin. This will decorate your fastify
instance with the standard jsonwebtoken methods decode
, sign
, and verify
; refer to their documentation to find how to use the utilities. It will also register request.jwtVerify
and reply.jwtSign
. You must pass a secret
when registering the plugin.
const fastify = require('fastify')()
fastify.register(require('fastify-jwt'), {
secret: 'supersecret'
})
fastify.post('/signup', (req, reply) => {
// some code
const token = fastify.jwt.sign({ payload })
reply.send({ token })
})
fastify.listen(3000, err => {
if (err) throw err
})
For verifying & accessing the decoded token inside your services, you can use a global onRequest
hook to define the verification process like so:
const fastify = require('fastify')()
fastify.register(require('fastify-jwt'), {
secret: 'supersecret'
})
fastify.addHook("onRequest", async (request, reply) => {
try {
await request.jwtVerify()
} catch (err) {
reply.send(err)
}
})
Afterwards, just use request.user
in order to retrieve the user information:
module.exports = async function(fastify, opts) {
fastify.get("/", async function(request, reply) {
return request.user
})
}
However, most of the time we want to protect only some of the routes in our application. To achieve this you can wrap your authentication logic into a plugin like
const fp = require("fastify-plugin")
module.exports = fp(async function(fastify, opts) {
fastify.register(require("fastify-jwt"), {
secret: "supersecret"
})
fastify.decorate("authenticate", async function(request, reply) {
try {
await request.jwtVerify()
} catch (err) {
reply.send(err)
}
})
})
Then use the preValidation
of a route to protect it & access the user information inside:
module.exports = async function(fastify, opts) {
fastify.get(
"/",
{
preValidation: [fastify.authenticate]
},
async function(request, reply) {
return request.user
}
)
}
Make sure that you also check fastify-auth plugin for composing more complex strategies.
If you need to verify Auth0 issued HS256 or RS256 JWT tokens, you can use fastify-auth0-verify, which is based on top of this module.
You must pass a secret
to the options
parameter. The secret
can be a primitive type String, a function that returns a String or an object { private, public }
.
In this object { private, public }
the private
key is a string, buffer or object containing either the secret for HMAC algorithms or the PEM encoded private key for RSA and ECDSA. In case of a private key with passphrase an object { private: { key, passphrase }, public }
can be used (based on crypto documentation), in this case be sure you pass the algorithm
inside the signing options prefixed by the sign
key of the plugin registering options).
In this object { private, public }
the public
key is a string or buffer containing either the secret for HMAC algorithms, or the PEM encoded public key for RSA and ECDSA.
Function based secret
is supported by the request.jwtVerify()
and reply.jwtSign()
methods and is called with request
, token
, and callback
parameters.
const { readFileSync } = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const jwt = require('fastify-jwt')
// secret as a string
fastify.register(jwt, { secret: 'supersecret' })
// secret as a function with callback
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: function (request, token, callback) {
// do something
callback(null, 'supersecret')
}
})
// secret as a function returning a promise
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: function (request, token) {
return Promise.resolve('supersecret')
}
})
// secret as an async function
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: async function (request, token) {
return 'supersecret'
}
})
// secret as an object of RSA keys (without passphrase)
// the files are loaded as strings
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: {
private: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/private.key`, 'utf8'),
public: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/public.key`, 'utf8')
},
sign: { algorithm: 'RS256' }
})
// secret as an object of P-256 ECDSA keys (with a passphrase)
// the files are loaded as buffers
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: {
private: {
key: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/private.pem`),
passphrase: 'super secret passphrase'
},
public: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/public.pem`)
},
sign: { algorithm: 'ES256' }
})
Optionally you can define global default options that will be used by fastify-jwt
API if you do not override them.
Additionally, it is also possible to reject tokens selectively (i.e. blacklisting) by providing the option trusted
with the following signature: (request, decodedToken) => boolean|Promise<boolean>|SignPayloadType|Promise<SignPayloadType>
where request
is a FastifyRequest
and decodedToken
is the parsed (and verified) token information. Its result should be false
or Promise<false>
if the token should be rejected or, otherwise, be true
or Promise<true>
if the token should be accepted and, considering that request.user
will be used after that, the return should be decodedToken
itself.
const { readFileSync } = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const jwt = require('fastify-jwt')
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: {
private: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/private.pem`, 'utf8')
public: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/public.pem`, 'utf8')
},
// Global default decoding method options
decode: { complete: true },
// Global default signing method options
sign: {
algorithm: 'ES256',
issuer: 'api.example.tld'
},
// Global default verifying method options
verify: { issuer: 'api.example.tld' }
})
fastify.get('/decode', async (request, reply) => {
// We clone the global signing options before modifying them
let altSignOptions = Object.assign({}, fastify.jwt.options.sign)
altSignOptions.issuer = 'another.example.tld'
// We generate a token using the default sign options
const token = await reply.jwtSign({ foo: 'bar' })
// We generate a token using overrided options
const tokenAlt = await reply.jwtSign({ foo: 'bar' }, altSignOptions)
// We decode the token using the default options
const decodedToken = fastify.jwt.decode(token)
// We decode the token using completely overided the default options
const decodedTokenAlt = fastify.jwt.decode(tokenAlt, { complete: false })
return { decodedToken, decodedTokenAlt }
/**
* Will return:
*
* {
* "decodedToken": {
* "header": {
* "alg": "ES256",
* "typ": "JWT"
* },
* "payload": {
* "foo": "bar",
* "iat": 1540305336
* "iss": "api.example.tld"
* },
* "signature": "gVf5bzROYB4nPgQC0nbJTWCiJ3Ya51cyuP-N50cidYo"
* },
* decodedTokenAlt: {
* "foo": "bar",
* "iat": 1540305337
* "iss": "another.example.tld"
* },
* }
*/
})
fastify.listen(3000, err => {
if (err) throw err
})
In some situations you may want to store a token in a cookie. This allows you to drastically reduce the attack surface of XSS on your web app with the httpOnly
and secure
flags. Cookies can be susceptible to CSRF. You can mitigate this by either setting the sameSite
flag to strict
, or by using a CSRF library such as fastify-csrf
.
Note: This plugin will look for a decorated request with the cookies
property. fastify-cookie
supports this feature, and therefore you should use it when using the cookie feature. The plugin will fallback to looking for the token in the authorization header if either of the following happens (even if the cookie option is enabled):
- The request has both the authorization and cookie header
- Cookie is empty, authorization header is present
If you are signing your cookie, you can set the signed
boolean to true
which will make sure the JWT is verified using the unsigned value.
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const jwt = require('fastify-jwt')
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: 'foobar'
cookie: {
cookieName: 'token',
signed: false
}
})
fastify
.register(require('fastify-cookie'))
fastify.get('/cookies', async (request, reply) => {
const token = await reply.jwtSign({
name: 'foo',
role: ['admin', 'spy']
})
reply
.setCookie('token', token, {
domain: 'your.domain',
path: '/',
secure: true, // send cookie over HTTPS only
httpOnly: true,
sameSite: true // alternative CSRF protection
})
.code(200)
.send('Cookie sent')
})
fastify.addHook('onRequest', (request) => request.jwtVerify())
fastify.get('/verifycookie', (request, reply) => {
reply.send({ code: 'OK', message: 'it works!' })
})
fastify.listen(3000, err => {
if (err) throw err
})
const fastify = require('fastify')()
fastify.register(require('fastify-jwt'), {
secret: 'foobar',
trusted: validateToken
})
fastify.addHook('onRequest', (request) => request.jwtVerify())
fastify.get('/', (request, reply) => {
reply.send({ code: 'OK', message: 'it works!' })
})
fastify.listen(3000, (err) => {
if (err) {
throw err
}
})
// ideally this function would do a query against some sort of storage to determine its outcome
async function validateToken(request, decodedToken) {
const denylist = ['token1', 'token2']
return !denylist.includes(decodedToken.jti)
}
You may customize the request.user
object setting a custom sync function as parameter:
const fastify = require('fastify')();
fastify.register(require('fastify-jwt'), {
formatUser: function (user) {
return {
departmentName: user.department_name,
name: user.name
}
},
secret: 'supersecret'
});
fastify.addHook('onRequest', (request, reply) => request.jwtVerify());
fastify.get("/", async (request, reply) => {
return `Hello, ${request.user.name} from ${request.user.departmentName}.`;
});
To define multiple JWT validators on the same routes, you may use the namespace
option.
You can combine this with custom names for jwtVerify
and jwtSign
.
When you omit the jwtVerify
and jwtSign
options, the default function name will be <namespace>JwtVerify
and <namespace>JwtSign
.
const fastify = require('fastify')
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: 'test',
namespace: 'security',
jwtVerify: 'securityVerify',
jwtSign: 'securitySign'
})
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: 'fastify',
namespace: 'airDrop'
})
// use them like this:
fastify.post('/sign/:namespace', async function (request, reply) {
switch (request.params.namespace) {
case 'security':
return reply.securitySign(request.body)
default:
return reply.airDropJwtSign(request.body)
}
})
For your convenience, you can override the default HTTP response messages sent when an unauthorized or bad request error occurs. You can choose the specific messages to override and the rest will fallback to the default messages. The object must be in the format specified in the example below.
const fastify = require('fastify')
const myCustomMessages = {
badRequestErrorMessage: 'Format is Authorization: Bearer [token]',
noAuthorizationInHeaderMessage: 'Autorization header is missing!',
authorizationTokenExpiredMessage: 'Authorization token expired',
// for the below message you can pass a sync function that must return a string as shown or a string
authorizationTokenInvalid: (err) => {
return `Authorization token is invalid: ${err.message}`
}
}
fastify.register(require('fastify-jwt'), {
secret: 'supersecret',
messages: myCustomMessages
})
json
: force JSON.parse on the payload even if the header doesn't contain"typ":"JWT"
.complete
: return an object with the decoded payload and header.
algorithm
(default:HS256
)expiresIn
: expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span zeit/ms. E.g.:60
,"2 days"
,"10h"
,"7d"
. A numeric value is interpreted as a seconds count. If you use a string be sure you provide the time units (days, hours, etc.), otherwise milliseconds unit is used by default ("120"
is equal to"120ms"
).notBefore
: expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span zeit/ms. E.g.:60
,"2 days"
,"10h"
,"7d"
. A numeric value is interpreted as a seconds count. If you use a string be sure you provide the time units (days, hours, etc.), otherwise milliseconds unit is used by default ("120"
is equal to"120ms"
).audience
issuer
jwtid
subject
noTimestamp
header
keyid
mutatePayload
: if true, the sign function will modify the payload object directly. This is useful if you need a raw reference to the payload after claims have been applied to it but before it has been encoded into a token.
algorithms
: List of strings with the names of the allowed algorithms. For instance,["HS256", "HS384"]
.audience
: if you want to check audience (aud
), provide a value here. The audience can be checked against a string, a regular expression or a list of strings and/or regular expressions. E.g.:"urn:foo"
,/urn:f[o]{2}/
,[/urn:f[o]{2}/, "urn:bar"]
issuer
(optional): string or array of strings of valid values for theiss
field.ignoreExpiration
: iftrue
do not validate the expiration of the token.ignoreNotBefore
...subject
: if you want to check subject (sub
), provide a value hereclockTolerance
: number of seconds to tolerate when checking thenbf
andexp
claims, to deal with small clock differences among different serversmaxAge
: the maximum allowed age for tokens to still be valid. It is expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span zeit/ms. E.g.:1000
,"2 days"
,"10h"
,"7d"
. A numeric value is interpreted as a seconds count. If you use a string be sure you provide the time units (days, hours, etc.), otherwise milliseconds unit is used by default ("120"
is equal to"120ms"
).clockTimestamp
: the time in seconds that should be used as the current time for all necessary comparisons.extractToken(request): token
: Callback function allowing to use custom logic to extract the JWT token from the request.
The sign
method is an implementation of jsonwebtoken .sign()
. Can be used asynchronously by passing a callback function; synchronously without a callback.
The verify
method is an implementation of jsonwebtoken .verify()
. Can be used asynchronously by passing a callback function; synchronously without a callback.
const token = fastify.jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' })
// synchronously
const decoded = fastify.jwt.verify(token)
// asycnhronously
fastify.jwt.verify(token, (err, decoded) => {
if (err) fastify.log.error(err)
fastify.log.info(`Token verified. Foo is ${decoded.foo}`)
})
The decode
method is an implementation of jsonwebtoken .decode()
. Can only be used synchronously.
const token = fastify.jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' })
const decoded = fastify.jwt.decode(token)
fastify.log.info(`Decoded JWT: ${decoded}`)
For your convenience, the decode
, sign
, verify
and messages
options you specify during .register
are made available via fastify.jwt.options
that will return an object { decode, sign, verify, messages }
containing your options.
const { readFileSync } = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const jwt = require('fastify-jwt')
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: {
private: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/private.key`),
public: readFileSync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'certs')}/public.key`)
},
sign: {
algorithm: 'RS256',
audience: 'foo',
issuer: 'example.tld'
},
verify: {
audience: 'foo',
issuer: 'example.tld',
}
})
fastify.get('/', (request, reply) => {
const globalOptions = fastify.jwt.options
// We recommend that you clone the options like this when you need to mutate them
// modifiedVerifyOptions = { audience: 'foo', issuer: 'example.tld' }
let modifiedVerifyOptions = Object.assign({}, fastify.jwt.options.verify)
modifiedVerifyOptions.audience = 'bar'
modifiedVerifyOptions.subject = 'test'
return { globalOptions, modifiedVerifyOptions }
/**
* Will return :
* {
* globalOptions: {
* decode: {},
* sign: {
* algorithm: 'RS256',
* audience: 'foo',
* issuer: 'example.tld'
* },
* verify: {
* audience: 'foo',
* issuer: 'example.tld'
* }
* },
* modifiedVerifyOptions: {
* audience: 'bar',
* issuer: 'example.tld',
* subject: 'test'
* }
* }
*/
})
fastify.listen(3000, err => {
if (err) throw err
})
For your convenience, request.jwtVerify()
will look for the token in the cookies property of the decorated request. You must specify cookieName
. Refer to the cookie example to see sample usage and important caveats.
options
must be an Object
and can contain sign
options.
options
must be an Object
and can contain verify
and decode
options.
Decode a JWT without verifying
As of 3.2.0, decorated when options.jwtDecode
is truthy. Will become non-conditionally decorated in 4.0.0. This avoid breaking change that would effect fastify-auth0-verify.
options
must be an Object
and can contain verify
and decode
options.
The following algorithms are currently supported by jsonwebtoken that is internally used by fastify-jwt
.
algorithm(s) Parameter Value | Digital Signature or MAC Algorithm |
---|---|
HS256 | HMAC using SHA-256 hash algorithm |
HS384 | HMAC using SHA-384 hash algorithm |
HS512 | HMAC using SHA-512 hash algorithm |
RS256 | RSASSA using SHA-256 hash algorithm |
RS384 | RSASSA using SHA-384 hash algorithm |
RS512 | RSASSA using SHA-512 hash algorithm |
ES256 | ECDSA using P-256 curve and SHA-256 hash algorithm |
ES384 | ECDSA using P-384 curve and SHA-384 hash algorithm |
ES512 | ECDSA using P-521 curve and SHA-512 hash algorithm |
none | No digital signature or MAC value included |
Here some example on how to generate certificates and use them, with or without passphrase.
const fastify = require('fastify')()
const jwt = require('fastify-jwt')
const request = require('request')
fastify.register(jwt, {
secret: function (request, reply, callback) {
// do something
callback(null, 'supersecret')
}
})
fastify.post('/sign', function (request, reply) {
reply.jwtSign(request.body.payload, function (err, token) {
return reply.send(err || { 'token': token })
})
})
fastify.get('/verify', function (request, reply) {
request.jwtVerify(function (err, decoded) {
return reply.send(err || decoded)
})
})
fastify.listen(3000, function (err) {
if (err) fastify.log.error(err)
fastify.log.info(`Server live on port: ${fastify.server.address().port}`)
// sign payload and get JWT
request({
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: {
payload: {
foo: 'bar'
}
},
uri: `http://localhost:${fastify.server.address().port}/sign`,
json: true
}, function (err, response, body) {
if (err) fastify.log.error(err)
fastify.log.info(`JWT token is ${body.token}`)
// verify JWT
request({
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
authorization: 'Bearer ' + body.token
},
uri: 'http://localhost:' + fastify.server.address().port + '/verify',
json: true
}, function (err, response, body) {
if (err) fastify.log.error(err)
fastify.log.info(`JWT verified. Foo is ${body.foo}`)
})
})
})
The following example integrates the get-jwks package to fetch a JWKS and verify a JWT against a valid public JWK.
const Fastify = require('fastify')
const fjwt = require('fastify-jwt')
const buildGetJwks = require('get-jwks')
const fastify = Fastify()
const getJwks = buildGetJwks()
fastify.register(fjwt, {
decode: { complete: true },
secret: (request, token) => {
const { header: { kid, alg }, payload: { iss } } = token
return getJwks.getPublicKey({ kid, domain: iss, alg })
}
})
fastify.addHook('onRequest', async (request, reply) => {
try {
await request.jwtVerify()
} catch (err) {
reply.send(err)
}
})
fastify.listen(3000)
This plugin has two available exports, the default plugin function fastifyJwt
and the plugin options object FastifyJWTOptions
.
Import them like so:
import fastifyJwt, { FastifyJWTOptions } from 'fastify-jwt'
Define custom Payload Type
// fastify-jwt.d.ts
import "fastify-jwt"
declare module "fastify-jwt" {
interface FastifyJWT {
payload: { name: string }
}
}
// index.ts
fastify.get('/', async (request, replay) => {
request.user.name // string
const token = await replay.jwtSign({
name: 123
// ^ Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'string'.
});
})
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Licensed under MIT.