SimpleJWTAuthentication

Authorizes user requests by verifying a JWT against a supplied secret key. Currently only supports using the Authorization header with the value in the format Bearer YOUR_JWT.

Usage

Phoenix Integration

• Inside web/router.ex file, add plug to your pipeline like so:

defmodule MyApp.Router
  use Phoenix.Router

  pipeline :api do
    plug SimpleJWTAuthentication
  end

  scope "/", MyApp do
    pipe_through :api
    get "/hello", HelloController, :hello
  end
end

Installation

1. Add simple_jwt_authentication to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

```elixir
def deps do
  [{:simple_jwt_authentication, "~> 0.1.0"}]
end
```

1. Ensure will need to supply the :jose package with a JSON Encoder/Decoder, which can be either jiffy, jsone, jsx, or Poison

2. Ensure simple_jwt_authentication is started before your application:

```elixir
def application do
  [applications: [:simple_jwt_authentication]]
end
```

1. Configure your token in config.exs: elixir config :simple_jwt_authentication, secret: "your-secret-here"