jwt4auth

This repository contains a library that implements user session, authentication, and authorization. It is based on the use of the JWT access token and refresh token.


Keywords
jwt, access, refresh, token, auth, authentication, authorization, aiohttp, react, typescript, javascript, javascript-library, jwt-authentication, jwt-token, reactjs, user-sessions
License
LGPL-3.0
Install
pip install jwt4auth==0.1.5

Documentation

jwt4auth library

This repository contains a library that implements user session, authentication, and authorization. It is based on the use of the JWT access token and refresh token.

The access token is passed to the http only cookie by default, which should protect it from theft during a cross-site scripting attack.

The refresh token is passed in the body of the response on the login and refresh requests. It is stored in local storage. The refresh token need for update an access token.

Currently available:

How to start sample application and check it

The best option is to download the repository and run an application into a virtual environment. Run the following commands:

git clone git@github.com:Alesh/jwt4auth.git
cd jwt4auth
python3.8 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -U setuptools
pip install -U pip
pip install -U wheel
pip install nodeenv
nodeenv -p
npm install yarn -g
yarn install
yarn build
python setup.py develop
python -m sample.backend --static-path sample/build

How to use it

There is a good example of a React based app frontend and aiohttp based backend. I hope the sample application helps you get started using this set of libraries. For more information, see the source code, which is enough documented