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express-bearer-helper

express-bearer-helper is an NPM package for dealing with the bearer token and JWT decoding in the express.

Installation

You can install the package using the node package manager.

npm install express-bearer-helper

Middlewares

1. bearerToken
2. expressJWT

Usage

1. bearerToken() Middleware

Definition

bearerToken()

Usage Example

//Typescript
import express from "express";
import { bearerToken } from "express-bearer-helper";

const app = express();

app.use(bearerToken());

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log("App Listening at 3000.");
});

2. expressJWT() Middleware

Definition

expressJWT(key: string, JWT_KEY: string, jwtToken?: string)

1. key : It is the string key to access the jwt payload like req.key
2. JWT_KEY: key string to decode jsonwebtoken.
3. jwtToken: jwt-token if you already parsed the beared token using some other middlewares.

Usage Example

//Typescript
import express, { Request, Response } from "express";
import { expressJWT } from "express-bearer-helper";

const router = express.Router();

router.post(
  "/some-route",
  expressJWT("currentUser", process.env.JWT_KEY),
  (req: Request, res: Response) => {
    console.log(req.currentUser);
    return res.status(200).send({ currentUser: req.currentUser });
  }
);
export { router as someRouter };

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT