Nest auth base

Customizable module for JWT username-password authentication & authorization. Create one service, put some guards and it's done

Installation

$ npm i nest-auth-base

Working simple usage

• Create your account interface, unique username and password are always required. If you want to use roles guard, you must add the roles property

export interface Account {
  username : string,
  password : string,
  roles : string[],
  reputation : number
}

• Create accounts service, so library will be able to manage your datasource. In this example we use just a simple array

@Injectable()
export class AccountsService extends AuthBaseAccountsService<Account> {
    private readonly accounts : Account[]

    createAccount(credentials: ProcessedCredentials) {
        const newAccount : Account = {
            username: credentials.username,
            password: credentials.hashedPassword,
            roles: [ 'USER' ],
            reputation: 0 
        }

        this.accounts.push(newAccount)

        return newAccount
    }
    
    getAccountByUsername(username: string) {
        return this.accounts.find(account => account.username === username)
    }
}

• Import AuthBaseModule. It's global so you can just import it in app module and use guards everywhere ‎‎

@Module({
    imports: [
        AuthBaseModule.register({
            accountsService: AccountsService,
            jwtSecretKey: 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY'
        })
    ],
    controllers: [ AppController ],
})
export class AppModule {}

It's strongly recommended to get your jwtSecretKey from your enviroment variables via Nest.js config module

Now there are two endpoints available:

Accepts body in this format:

{
  "username": "USERNAME",
  "password": "PASSWORD"
}

Accepts body in this format:

{
  "username": "USERNAME",
  "password": "PASSWORD"
}

⠀

• Add guards to your whole controller or its methods

AuthGuard checks if user is authenticated by verifying JWT token in bearer-type Authorization header

@Controller()
export class AppController {
    @Get('me')
    @UseGuards(AuthGuard)
    async getAccount(@CurrentAccount() account : Account) {   
        return account
    }
}

RolesGuard checks if user is authenticated and has one of specified roles

@Controller()
export class AppController {
    @Get('me')
    @AllowedRoles('ADMIN', 'DEVELOPER')
    @UseGuards(RolesGuard)
    async getAccount(@CurrentAccount() account : Account) {   
        return account
    }
}

That's all. Now you have secured API

Learn more

Docs soon