next-key-micro

Handles authentication for Micro.js, it can also be used with any http server since Micro.js is a very simple http implementation

How to use

Install it with npm or yarn

npm install next-key-micro

Create a new instance of the authentication server

import { MicroAuth } from 'next-key-micro'
// this works too
// import MicroAuth from 'next-key-micro'

const microAuth = new MicroAuth({ ... })

API

MicroAuth

constructor(options: AuthServerOptions<CookieOptions>): MicroAuth

AuthServerOptions are the same options used by next-key-server. The cookie options used by this package are the same of cookie

After creating an instance of MicroAuth the following methods are available

refreshAccessTokenHandler

Http handler that will create a new accessToken using the current refreshToken stored in cookies

module.exports = microAuth.refreshAccessTokenHandler

The response body will be a json with the accessToken inside, next-key-client will handle the response for you

logoutHandler

Http handler that will logout an user by removing his refreshToken from cookies

module.exports = microAuth.logoutHandler

The response body will be a json with the following shape: { done: boolean }, next-key-client will handle the response for you

getUser(req)

Returns the user payload in an accessToken from a request or null, the req prop can be an http request or an object with headers

module.exports = (req, res) => {
  const user = microAuth.getUser(req)
  if (!user) throw new Error('Unauthorized')
}

getRefeshToken(headers)

Returns the refreshToken from cookies or null

getAccessToken(headers)

Returns the accessToken from headers or null

setRefreshToken(res, refreshToken)

Sets a refreshToken as a cookie, res is an http response and refreshToken the token string that will be set

setAccessToken(res, accessToken)

Sets an accessToken as a cookie, res is an http response and accessToken the token string that will be set

Note: the examples show the usage with Micro.js