django-jwt-middleware 1.0.3

Authorize request with JSON Web Tokens

django_jwt_middleware

django_jwt_middleware is a package used for authorize django request with JSON Web Tokens

1. Installation

pip3 install django-jwt-middleware

or clone

git clone https://github.com/rizki4106/django_jwt_middleware.git

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2. Example

with http cookie

If you store jwt key on cookie you can use @verify_jwt_cookie decorator

from django_jwt_middleware import verify_jwt_cookie
from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
from rest_framework.response import Response

@verify_jwt_cookie(cookie_name="example-token", jwt_key="supersecretkey", algorithm="HS256")
def hello_world(request):
    return Response(data={
        "message": "hello world"
    })

@verify_jwt_cookie takes 3 arguments

name	type	description
cookie_name	string	name of cookie that store your jwt token
jwt_key	string	jsonwebtoken secret key
algoritm	string	algorithm to decoded your jwt key default is HS256

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With http headers

If you store jwt key http headers you can use @verify_jwt_header decorator

from django_jwt_middleware import verify_jwt_header
from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
from rest_framework.response import Response

@verify_jwt_header(header_name="example-token", jwt_key="supersecretkey", algorithm="HS256")
def hello_world(request):
    return Response(data={
        "message": "hello world"
    })

@verify_jwt_header takes 3 arguments

name	type	description
header_name	string	name of header that store your jwt token
jwt_key	string	jsonwebtoken secret key
algoritm	string	algorithm to decoded your jwt key default is HS256

3. Response

Type	Description
success	Will continue to request destination
failed	Return http status code 403 with the message in it

4. Discovered Problems

if you get error and it said jwt has no attribute decode try this command

pip3 uninstall pyjwt
pip3 install pyjwt