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Jwt Middleware

Note: For general middleware usage patterns, see Middleware.

The JWT Middleware is a middleware that will validate the JWT token in the Authorization header. If the token is valid, it will add the jwt attribute to the request with the decoded token.

Usage​

Define the JwtKey​

<?php

use ByJG\RestServer\Middleware\JwtMiddleware;

$jwtKey = new JwtKeySecret("password", false);
$jwtWrapper = new JwtWrapper("localhost", $jwtKey);

Create the JwtMiddleware​

$jwtMiddleware = new JwtMiddleware($jwtWrapper);

Getting the Parsed Token​

Once the page is processed, the middleware will add the jwt attribute to the request with the decoded parameters.

Return if the token is valid or not​

Valid values are:

  • JwtMiddleware::JWT_PARAM_PARSE_STATUS_OK
  • JwtMiddleware::JWT_PARAM_PARSE_STATUS_ERROR
$request->param(JwtMiddleware::JWT_PARAM_PARSE_STATUS)

Return the reason why the token is invalid​

$request->param(JwtMiddleware::JWT_PARAM_PARSE_MESSAGE)

Return the decoded token​

// KEY is the key defined in the token
$request->param(JwtMiddleware::JWT_PARAM_PREFIX . "." . $KEY);

Ignoring Paths​

You can configure the JWT middleware to ignore specific paths, which allows public access to certain routes without requiring JWT authentication:

<?php
// Define paths to ignore (using regular expressions)
$ignorePaths = [
    '^/public/.*',   // Ignore all paths starting with /public/
    '/auth/login',   // Ignore the login endpoint
    '/docs/.*'       // Ignore documentation routes
];

// Create the middleware with ignore paths
$jwtMiddleware = new JwtMiddleware($jwtWrapper, $ignorePaths);

How Path Ignoring Works​

  1. For each request, the middleware checks if the request path matches any pattern in the ignore list
  2. If a match is found, the middleware skips token validation and allows the request to proceed
  3. If no match is found, the middleware validates the JWT token as usual

Path Pattern Format​

The ignore paths use PHP's regular expression format:

  • ^/api/public/.* - All paths that start with /api/public/
  • /auth/login - Exact match for /auth/login
  • .*\.(jpg|png|gif)$ - All paths that end with .jpg, .png or .gif

Example Use Cases​

  • Public API documentation endpoints
  • Authentication endpoints (login, register)
  • Public resource endpoints
  • Health check endpoints
  • Static file serving