feat(silent-refresh): Silently refresh the token

[pekkah]

feat(silent-refresh): Silently refresh the token

[maxmantz]

This is not yet implemented - I will have a look at the sample though and see what I can do. Thank you!

[maxmantz]

I've had a look at the requirements and tried to implement it. The real difficulty here is that you need to provide an actual HTML file for the token manager to render in an iframe. So you would need to alter your webpack/gulp/grunt configuration to export another module which then builds into the silentrefresh.html. This is the part I'm looking to solve right now. I'm afraid there is no 'reacty' way to handle it. Will investigate further though.

[maxmantz]

I have published v1.1.11-beta1 (many 1s wow) to npm. The middleware now automatically detects when the silent_renew option in the config is set to true and triggers the silent renew flow.

As I've mentioned, the real difficulty I've had is to configure webpack in such a way, that a separate HTML file for the iframe gets generated. You would have to create the refresh page by yourself and configure it in your project.

I've collaborated with a few awesome people to come up with an idea on how to solve this problem. This is the configuration I use to build a separate refresh.html file. I know that your configuration might differ greatly from what I have. I would be happy to help as much as I can. I haven't had the time to test it in my project, hence the beta status, but I will as soon as I have the time. Give it a shot :)

[maxmantz]

I've just tested it in my project and it works perfectly. I would be happy to hear your feedback on how your configuration went in order to update the docs.

[maxmantz]

FYI I've fixed a bug in silent refresh. Please make sure you use the latest version (1.1.12).

[maxmantz]

Just out of curiosity: Did you try using the update already?

[pekkah]

It looks good. The team just went to another direction with it so I haven't been able to test it out. But I'm sure there's a need for it in the next projects.