Validate JWT in your application server

In this section, we will go through how to decode the JWT token to obtain the currently logged-in user.
Before we start, make sure the option Issue JWT as access token is enabled in your Application settings in the Portal. 
Make sure "Issue JWT as access token" is enabled in your application
Find the JSON Web Key Sets (JWKS) endpoint
This Discovery endpoint serves a JSON document containing the OpenID Connect configuration of your app. It includes the authorization endpoint, the token endpoint and the JWKS endpoint.
https://<YOUR_AUTHGEAR_ENDPOINT>/.well-known/openid-configuration 
Here is an example of how it looks.
The JSON Web Key Sets (JWKS) endpoint can be found in jwk_url in the configuration.
OpenID Connect Configuration JSON
{
    "jwks_uri": "..."
    ...
}
Decode user from an access token
Follow this step-by-step example to verify and decode the JWT token.
Python
Go
Node.js
Step 1: Install packages
pip install cryptography
pip install PyJWT
Step 2: Find the JSON Web Key Sets (JWKS) endpoint
Define a function to find the JWKS endpoint from the OpenID Connect configuration. Use your Authgear endpoint as base_address
import json
from contextlib import closing
from urllib.request import urlopen
​
base_address = "https://<your_app_endpoint>"
​
def fetch_jwks_uri(base_address):
    doc_url = base_address + "/.well-known/openid-configuration"
    with closing(urlopen(doc_url)) as f:
        doc = json.load(f)
    jwks_uri = doc["jwks_uri"]
    if not jwks_uri:
        raise Exception('Failed to fetch jwks uri.')
    return jwks_uri
Step 3: Get JWT token from the Authorization header
Define a function to extract the access token from the Authorization header in the incoming request. It should look like Authorization: Bearer <access_token>.
def parse_header(authz_header):
    parts = authz_header.split(" ")
    if len(parts) != 2:
        return
​
    scheme = parts[0]
    if scheme.lower() != "bearer":
        return
​
    return parts[1]
Step 4: Verify and decode the JWT token
Here show an example of using Flask web framework to guard a path. You may need to adjust some of the codes to suit your technologies.
from flask import request
import jwt
from jwt import PyJWKClient
​
@app.route("/hello")
def hello():
    authz_header = request.headers.get("Authorization")
    if not authz_header:
        return {
            "message": "authz header not found"
        }
​
    # get jwt token from Authorization header
    token = parse_header(authz_header)
    if token:
        try:
            # fetch jwks_uri from the Authgear Discovery Endpoint
            jwks_uri = fetch_jwks_uri(base_address)
            # Reuse PyJWKClient for better performance
            jwks_client = PyJWKClient(jwks_uri)
            signing_key = jwks_client.get_signing_key_from_jwt(token)
            user_data = jwt.decode(
                token,
                signing_key.key,
                algorithms=["RS256"],
                audience=base_address,
                options={"verify_exp": True},
            )
            return {
                "message": "Hello!",
                "user_data": user_data
            }
        except:
            return {
                "message": "JWT decode failed"
            }
    else:
        return {
            "message": "no token"
        }
Use your Authgear endpoint as base_address
import (
    "context"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "regexp"
    "time"
​
    "github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/jwk"
    "github.com/lestrrat-go/jwx/jwt"
)
​
​
var (
    authzHeaderRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("(?i)^Bearer (.*)quot;)
    baseAddress       = "https://<your_app_endpoint>"
)
​
type OIDCDiscoveryDocument struct {
    JWKSURI string `json:"jwks_uri"`
}
​
func FetchOIDCDiscoveryDocument(endpoint string) (*OIDCDiscoveryDocument, error) {
    resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Get(endpoint)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()
​
    if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
        return nil, fmt.Errorf(
            "failed to fetch discovery document: unexpected status code: %d",
            resp.StatusCode,
        )
    }
​
    var document OIDCDiscoveryDocument
    err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&document)
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
    return &document, nil
}
​
func FetchJWK(baseAddress string) (jwk.Set, error) {
    doc, err := FetchOIDCDiscoveryDocument(
        baseAddress + "/.well-known/openid-configuration",
    )
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }
​
    set, err := jwk.Fetch(context.Background(), doc.JWKSURI)
    return set, err
}
​
// DecodeUser parse request Authorization header and obtain user id and claims
func DecodeUser(r *http.Request) (string, map[string]interface{}, error) {
    // fetch jwks_uri from Authgear
    // you can cache the value of jwks to have better performance
    set, err := FetchJWK(baseAddress)
    if err != nil {
        return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch JWK: %s", err)
    }
​
    // get jwt token from Authorization header
    authzHeader := r.Header.Get("Authorization")
    match := authzHeaderRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(authzHeader)
    if len(match) != 2 {
        return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("no token")
    }
​
    // parse jwt token
    token, err := jwt.ParseString(match[1], jwt.WithKeySet(set))
    if err != nil {
        return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid token: %s", err)
    }
​
    // validate jwt token
    err = jwt.Validate(token,
        jwt.WithClock(jwt.ClockFunc(
            func() time.Time { return time.Now().UTC() },
        )),
        jwt.WithAudience(baseAddress),
    )
    if err != nil {
        return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid token: %s", err)
    }
​
    return token.Subject(), token.PrivateClaims(), nil
}
​
func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
    // decode user example
    userid, claims, err := DecodeUser(r)
    isUserVerified, _ :=
        claims["https://authgear.com/claims/user/is_verified"].(bool)
    isAnonymousUser, _ :=
        claims["https://authgear.com/claims/user/is_anonymous"].(bool)
​
    // ... your handler logic
}
TODO: Node.js example is coming soon
Here is an example demonstrates how to add authorization to an Express.js API
Step 1: Install dependencies
npm install --save express-jwt jwks-rsa
Step 2: Configure the middleware
Step 3: Protect API Endpoints
Decode user from cookies
Validating JWT in your application server is currently only available for Token-based authentication.
For Cookie-based authentication, JWT in cookies is not supported yet. You can track the issue here.

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