IRMA JWT

This module can be used for generating and verifying IRMA JWTs in the following way:

const IrmaJwt = require('@privacybydesign/irma-jwt');
const irmaJwt = new IrmaJwt(method, options);

Constructor parameters

• method concerns the algorithm that is used to sign the JWT. Currently IRMA supports the methods hmac for a HS256 signed JWT and publickey for a RS256 signed JWT.
• options is a struct that defines the specific options related to the chosen method:
  • secretKey field indicates the secret key that is going to be used. For the method hmac this field is required, since the HS256 secret key is both used for signing and verification. For the method publickey the secretKey is only used for signing. In that case the publicKey is used for verification. Therefore, if you only need verification, you can omit the secretKey field.
  • publicKey field indicates the public key that is going to be used. This field is only relevant when using JWT verification using the method publickey. Otherwise you can omit this field.
  • iss field concerns the name being recorded in the 'issuer' field (iss) of the JWT. This parameter is only required if you want to sign JWTs.

Available methods

signSessionRequest(request)

This method signs the session request object being passed and returns the JWT.

verify(jwt)

This method verifies whether the JWT is valid according to the specified key material. It returns the JWT body of the supplied session request JWT or session result JWT, depending on the JWT type.

Code example

Below a small example of how irma-backend can be used:

const IrmaJwt = require('@privacybydesign/irma-jwt');
const irmaJwt = new IrmaJwt('hmac', {secretKey: 'test-key', iss: 'localhost'});

const irmaRequest = {
  '@context': 'https://irma.app/ld/request/disclosure/v2',
  'disclose': [
    [
      [ 'irma-demo.MijnOverheid.ageLower.over18' ]
    ]
  ]
};


// Sign a session request
const jwt = irmaJwt.signSessionRequest(irmaRequest);

// Verify the JWT
const verifiedJwt = irmaJwt.verify(jwt);