This library supports generating and decoding JSON Web Tokens.
var payload = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "claim1", 0 }, { "claim2", "claim2-value" } }; IJwtAlgorithm algorithm = new RS256Algorithm(certificate); IJsonSerializer serializer = new JsonNetSerializer(); IBase64UrlEncoder urlEncoder = new JwtBase64UrlEncoder(); IJwtEncoder encoder = new JwtEncoder(algorithm, serializer, urlEncoder); const string key = null; // not needed if algorithm is asymmetric var token = encoder.Encode(payload, key); Console.WriteLine(token);Or using the fluent builder API
var token = JwtBuilder.Create() .WithAlgorithm(new RS256Algorithm(certificate)) .AddClaim("exp", DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.AddHours(1).ToUnixTimeSeconds()) .AddClaim("claim1", 0) .AddClaim("claim2", "claim2-value") .Encode(); Console.WriteLine(token);Parsing (decoding) and verifying token
try { IJsonSerializer serializer = new JsonNetSerializer(); IDateTimeProvider provider = new UtcDateTimeProvider(); IJwtValidator validator = new JwtValidator(serializer, provider); IBase64UrlEncoder urlEncoder = new JwtBase64UrlEncoder(); IJwtAlgorithm algorithm = new RS256Algorithm(certificate); IJwtDecoder decoder = new JwtDecoder(serializer, validator, urlEncoder, algorithm); var json = decoder.Decode(token); Console.WriteLine(json); } catch (TokenNotYetValidException) { Console.WriteLine("Token is not valid yet"); } catch (TokenExpiredException) { Console.WriteLine("Token has expired"); } catch (SignatureVerificationException) { Console.WriteLine("Token has invalid signature"); }Or using the fluent builder API
var json = JwtBuilder.Create() .WithAlgorithm(new RS256Algorithm(certificate)) .MustVerifySignature() .Decode(token); Console.WriteLine(json);
The output would be:
{ "claim1": 0, "claim2": "claim2-value" }
You can also deserialize the JSON payload directly to a .NET type:
var payload = decoder.DecodeToObject<IDictionary<string, object>>(token, secret);Or using the fluent builder API
var payload = JwtBuilder.Create() .WithAlgorithm(new RS256Algorithm(certificate)) .WithSecret(secret) .MustVerifySignature() .Decode<IDictionary<string, object>>(token);Validate token expiration
As described in the RFC 7519 section 4.1.4:
The
exp
claim identifies the expiration time on or after which the JWT MUST NOT be accepted for processing.
If it is present in the payload and is past the current time, the token will fail verification. The value must be specified as the number of seconds since the Unix epoch, 1/1/1970 00:00:00 UTC.
IDateTimeProvider provider = new UtcDateTimeProvider(); var now = provider.GetNow().AddMinutes(-5); // token has expired 5 minutes ago double secondsSinceEpoch = UnixEpoch.GetSecondsSince(now); var payload = new Dictionary<string, object> { { "exp", secondsSinceEpoch } }; var token = encoder.Encode(payload); decoder.Decode(token); // throws TokenExpiredException
Then, as described in the RFC 7519 section 4.1.5:
The "nbf" (not before) claim identifies the time before which the JWT MUST NOT be accepted for processing
If it is present in the payload and is prior to the current time, the token will fail verification.
Parsing (decoding) token headerIJsonSerializer serializer = new JsonNetSerializer(); IBase64UrlEncoder urlEncoder = new JwtBase64UrlEncoder(); IJwtDecoder decoder = new JwtDecoder(serializer, urlEncoder); JwtHeader header = decoder.DecodeHeader<JwtHeader>(token); var typ = header.Type; // JWT var alg = header.Algorithm; // RS256 var kid = header.KeyId; // CFAEAE2D650A6CA9862575DE54371EA980643849Or using the fluent builder API
JwtHeader header = JwtBuilder.Create() .DecodeHeader<JwtHeader>(token); var typ = header.Type; // JWT var alg = header.Algorithm; // RS256 var kid = header.KeyId; // CFAEAE2D650A6CA9862575DE54371EA980643849Turning off parts of token validation
If you'd like to validate a token but ignore certain parts of the validation (such as whether to the token has expired or not valid yet), you can pass a ValidateParameters
object to the constructor of the JwtValidator
class.
var validationParameters = new ValidationParameters { ValidateSignature = true, ValidateExpirationTime = false, ValidateIssuedTime = false, TimeMargin = 100 }; IJwtValidator validator = new JwtValidator(serializer, provider, validationParameters); IJwtDecoder decoder = new JwtDecoder(serializer, validator, urlEncoder, algorithm); var json = decoder.Decode(expiredToken); // will not throw because of expired tokenOr using the fluent builder API
var json = JwtBuilder.Create() .WithAlgorithm(new RS256Algorirhm(certificate)) .WithSecret(secret) .WithValidationParameters( new ValidationParameters { ValidateSignature = true, ValidateExpirationTime = false, ValidateIssuedTime = false, TimeMargin = 100 }) .Decode(expiredToken);
By default JSON serialization is performed by JsonNetSerializer implemented using Json.Net. To use a different one, implement the IJsonSerializer
interface:
public sealed class CustomJsonSerializer : IJsonSerializer { public string Serialize(object obj) { // Implement using favorite JSON serializer } public T Deserialize<T>(string json) { // Implement using favorite JSON serializer } }
And then pass this serializer to JwtEncoder constructor:
IJwtAlgorithm algorithm = new RS256Algorirhm(certificate); IJsonSerializer serializer = new CustomJsonSerializer(); IBase64UrlEncoder urlEncoder = new JwtBase64UrlEncoder(); IJwtEncoder encoder = new JwtEncoder(algorithm, serializer, urlEncoder);Custom JSON serialization settings with the default JsonNetSerializer
As mentioned above, the default JSON serialization is done by JsonNetSerializer
. You can define your own custom serialization settings as follows:
JsonSerializer customJsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer { // All keys start with lowercase characters instead of the exact casing of the model/property, e.g. fullName ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver(), // Nice and easy to read, but you can also use Formatting.None to reduce the payload size Formatting = Formatting.Indented, // The most appropriate datetime format. DateFormatHandling = DateFormatHandling.IsoDateFormat, // Don't add keys/values when the value is null. NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore, // Use the enum string value, not the implicit int value, e.g. "red" for enum Color { Red } Converters.Add(new StringEnumConverter()) }; IJsonSerializer serializer = new JsonNetSerializer(customJsonSerializer);Register authentication handler to validate JWT
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddAuthentication(options => { options.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme; options.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme; }) .AddJwt(options => { // secrets, required only for symmetric algorithms, such as HMACSHA256Algorithm // options.Keys = new[] { "mySecret" }; // optionally; disable throwing an exception if JWT signature is invalid // options.VerifySignature = false; }); // the non-generic version AddJwt() requires registering an instance of IAlgorithmFactory manually services.AddSingleton<IAlgorithmFactory>(new RSAlgorithmFactory(certificate)); // or services.AddSingleton<IAlgorithmFactory>(new DelegateAlgorithmFactory(algorithm)); // or use the generic version AddJwt<TFactory() to use a custom implementation of IAlgorithmFactory .AddJwt<MyCustomAlgorithmFactory>(options => ...); } public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app) { app.UseAuthentication(); }Custom factories to produce Identity or AuthenticationTicket
services.AddSingleton<IIdentityFactory, CustomIdentityFctory>(); services.AddSingleton<ITicketFactory, CustomTicketFactory>();
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