Mercury Auth

A NestJS module package for authentication.

Support both FasitfyAdaptor and ExpressAdaptor.

Install

npm install --save @mercury-labs/nest-auth

Learn more about the relevant package @mercury-labs/nest-hashing

Sample usages

• Fastify https://github.com/duysolo/mercury-auth-samples/tree/master/fastify
• Express https://github.com/duysolo/mercury-auth-samples/tree/master/express
• Apollo Graphql Express https://github.com/duysolo/mercury-auth-samples/tree/master/apollo-graphql-express

Define a database repository to get user info

import {
  AUTH_PASSWORD_HASHER,
  AuthRepository,
  IAuthUserEntity,
  PasswordHasherService
} from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common'
import moment from 'moment'
import { Observable, of } from 'rxjs'

export class SampleAuthRepository implements AuthRepository<string, AuthDto> {
  /**
   * Your own throttle service
   * Sample demo
   */
  private _throttleAuthService: ThrottleAuthService

  public constructor(
    @InjectPasswordHasher()
    protected readonly hasher: PasswordHasherService,
    protected readonly moduleRef: ModuleRef
  ) {
  }

  public onModuleInit(): void {
    this._throttleAuthService = this.moduleRef.get(ThrottleAuthService)
  }

  public getAuthUserByUsername(
    username: string
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    return of({
      id: 'some-random-id',
      username: '[email protected]',
      email: '[email protected]',
      password: 'some-password-hash',
    })
  }

  public authenticate(
    username: string,
    request: AuthDto,
    impersonated: boolean
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    /**
     * Ignore the other checks if impersonated
     */
    if (impersonated) {
      return this.getAuthUserByUsername(username)
    }

    /**
     * Do some additional logics
     */
    return this._throttleAuthService.checkAlreadyBlockedAccount(username).pipe(
      mergeMap(() => this.getAuthUserByUsername(username))
    )
  }

  public getAuthUserByAccessToken(
    accessToken: string,
    jwtPayload: IJwtPayload
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    /**
     * You can check the token if it's stored in database.
     */

    return this.getAuthUserByUsername(jwtPayload.username)
  }

  public getAuthUserByRefreshToken(
    refreshToken: string,
    jwtPayload: IJwtPayload
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    /**
     * You can check the token if it's stored in database.
     */

    return this.getAuthUserByUsername(jwtPayload.username)
  }
}

The repository demo was built on top of RxJS, but you can also define it with Promise - async/await.

For example:

@Injectable()
export class SampleAuthRepository implements AuthRepository<string, AuthDto> {
  public constructor(
    @InjectPasswordHasher()
    protected readonly hasher: PasswordHasherService
  ) {}

  public async getAuthUserByUsername(
    username: string
  ): Promise<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    return {
      id: _.random(1, 1999).toString(),
      username: '[email protected]',
      email: '[email protected]',
      password: await this.hasher.hash('testLogin@12345'),
    }
  }

  public async authenticate(
    username: string,
    request: AuthDto,
    impersonated: boolean
  ): Promise<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    const user = await this.getAuthUserByUsername(username)

    if (impersonated) {
      return user
    }

    /**
     * Do some additional logics
     */

    return user
  }

  public async getAuthUserByAccessToken(
    accessToken: string,
    jwtPayload: IJwtPayload
  ): Promise<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    /**
     * You can check the token if it's stored in database.
     */

    return this.getAuthUserByUsername(jwtPayload.username)
  }

  public async getAuthUserByRefreshToken(
    refreshToken: string,
    jwtPayload: IJwtPayload
  ): Promise<IAuthUserEntity | undefined> {
    /**
     * You can check the token if it's stored in database.
     */

    return this.getAuthUserByUsername(jwtPayload.username)
  }
}

Register AuthModule to your application module

import { AuthModule, AuthTransferTokenMethod } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config'
import { Module } from '@nestjs/common'

@Module({
  imports: [
    AuthModule.forRootAsync({
      /**
       * Use default local auth or not?
       * For example, you're using GraphQL and want to disable default HTTP auth
       */
      useLocalAuth: true,
      global: true,
      definitions: {
        useFactory: (config: ConfigService) => {
          return {
            basicAuth: {
              username: config.get('BASIC_AUTH_USER'),
              password: config.get('BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD'),
            },
            impersonate: {
              isEnabled: config.get('AUTH_IMPERSONATE_ENABLED') === 'true',
              cipher: config.get('AUTH_IMPERSONATE_CIPHER'),
              password: config.get('AUTH_IMPERSONATE_PASSWORD'),
            },
            jwt: {
              secret: config.get('AUTH_JWT_SECRET'),
              expiresIn: config.get('AUTH_JWT_EXPIRES') || '1d',
            },
            transferTokenMethod: config.get<AuthTransferTokenMethod>(
              'AUTH_TRANSFER_TOKEN_METHOD'
            ),
            redactedFields: ['password'],
            hashingSecretKey: config.get('HASHING_SECRET_KEY') || '',
            usernameField: 'username',
            passwordField: 'password',
            httpAdaptorType: 'fastify'
          }
        },
        inject: [ConfigService],
      },
      /**
       * In case you want to register some providers inside AuthModule
       * These providers will be also exported from AuthModule
       */
      otherProviders: [],
      authRepository: {
        useFactory: (hasher: PasswordHasherService) => {
          return new CmsAuthRepository(hasher)
        },
        inject: [AUTH_PASSWORD_HASHER]
      }
    }),
  ]
})
export class AppModule {
}

Notes:

interface IAuthDefinitions {
  /**
   * Configuration for basic auth
   */
  basicAuth: {
    username: string
    password: string
    /**
     * The realm name for WWW-Authenticate header
     */
    realm?: string
  }

  /**
   * Configuration for JWT
   */
  jwt: {
    /**
     * Do not expose this key publicly.
     * We have done so here to make it clear what the code is doing,
     * but in a production system you must protect this key using appropriate measures,
     * such as a secrets vault, environment variable, or configuration service.
     */
    secret: string
    /**
     * Expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span zeit/ms.
     * @see https://github.com/vercel/ms
     * Eg: 60, “2 days”, “10h”, “7d”
     */
    expiresIn: string | number
    refreshTokenExpiresIn: string | number
  }

  /**
   * Configuration for impersonate login
   * You can login to a user account without their password.
   * Eg:
   *   - username: {your_impersonate_cipher_key}username
   *   - password: {your_impersonate_password}
   */
  impersonate?: {
    isEnabled: boolean
    cipher: string
    password: string
  }

  /**
   * Hide some sentitive fields while getting user profile.
   */
  redactedFields?: string[]

  /**
   * These routes will always be PUBLIC.
   * No authentication required.
   */
  ignoredRoutes?: string[]

  /**
   * Used to encode/decode the access/refresh token
   * 32 characters string
   */
  hashingSecretKey: string

  /**
   * We accepted these 3 values: cookie|bearer|both
   * - cookie: after user login, their accessToken and refreshToken will be sent using cookie
   * - bearer: after user login, their accessToken and refreshToken will be sent to response body
   * - both: mixed those 2 above values.
   */
  transferTokenMethod: AuthTransferTokenMethod,

  cookieOptions?: {
    domain?: string
    path?: string // Default '/'
    sameSite?: boolean | 'lax' | 'strict' | 'none' // Default true
    signed?: boolean
    httpOnly?: boolean // Default true
    secure?: boolean
  },

  /**
   * Username field when login
   * Eg: email, username,...
   */
  usernameField?: string

  /**
   * Password field when login
   * Eg: password, pass...
   */
  passwordField?: string,

  httpAdaptorType: 'fastify' | 'express'
}

Customize your hasher method

By default, I use pbkdf2 to encode and compare password hash. In some case, you might need to change the way or algorithm to hash the password.

Create new hasher class

This example uses bcrypt to hash and compare password phrase.

import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common'
import { compare, hash } from 'bcrypt'
import { PasswordHasherService } from './password-hasher.service'

@Injectable()
export class BcryptPasswordHasherService
  implements PasswordHasherService<string>
{
  public async hash(password: string): Promise<string> {
    return hash(password, 10)
  }

  public async compare(
    password: string,
    hashedPassword: string
  ): Promise<boolean> {
    return compare(password, hashedPassword)
  }
}

Register it to AuthModule

AuthModule.forRootAsync({
  ...,
  passwordHasher: {
    useFactory: () => {
      return new BcryptPasswordHasherService()
    },
  }
})

Sample updated CmsAuthRepository

import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common'
import { ModuleRef } from '@nestjs/core'
import { mergeMap, Observable, of } from 'rxjs'
import {
  AuthDto,
  AuthRepository,
  IAuthUserEntity,
  InjectPasswordHasher,
  PasswordHasherService,
} from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'

@Injectable()
export class SampleAuthRepository implements AuthRepository<IPbkdf2Hash, AuthDto> {
  /**
   * Your own throttle service
   * Sample demo
   */
  private _throttleAuthService: ThrottleAuthService

  public constructor(
    @InjectPasswordHasher()
    protected readonly hasher: PasswordHasherService,
    protected readonly moduleRef: ModuleRef
  ) {
  }

  public onModuleInit(): void {
    this._throttleAuthService = this.moduleRef.get(ThrottleAuthService)
  }

  public getAuthUserByUsername(
    username: string
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity<IPbkdf2Hash> | undefined> {
    return of({
      id: _.random(1, 1999).toString(),
      username: '[email protected]',
      email: '[email protected]',
      password: {
        hash: 'some-hash',
        salt: 'some-salt'
      },
    })
  }

  public authenticate(
    username: string,
    request: AuthDto,
    impersonated: boolean
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity<IPbkdf2Hash> | undefined> {
    /**
     * Ignore the other checks if impersonated
     */
    if (impersonated) {
      return this.getAuthUserByUsername(username)
    }

    /**
     * Do some additional logics
     */
    return this._throttleAuthService.checkAlreadyBlockedAccount(username).pipe(
      mergeMap(() => this.getAuthUserByUsername(username))
    )
  }

  public getAuthUserByAccessToken(
    accessToken: string,
    jwtPayload: IJwtPayload
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity<IPbkdf2Hash> | undefined> {
    /**
     * You can check the token if it's stored in database.
     */

    return this.getAuthUserByUsername(jwtPayload.username)
  }

  public getAuthUserByRefreshToken(
    refreshToken: string,
    jwtPayload: IJwtPayload
  ): Observable<IAuthUserEntity<IPbkdf2Hash> | undefined> {
    /**
     * You can check the token if it's stored in database.
     */

    return this.getAuthUserByUsername(jwtPayload.username)
  }
}

Access the login route

curl

curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:4005/auth/login \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
	"username": "[email protected]",
	"password": "some-password-phrase"
}'

Refresh your access token

curl

curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:4005/auth/refresh-token \
  --header 'Refresh-Token: eyJpdiI6IjFmNTY4ZWZmN2RmODRmZjkxNjQx...'

Get your logged in user profile

curl

curl --request GET \
  --url http://localhost:4005/auth/profile \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJpdiI6IjFmNTY4ZWZmN2RmODRmZjkxNjQx...'

Logout

curl

curl --request POST \
  --url http://localhost:4005/auth/logout
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJpdiI6IjFmNTY4ZWZmN2RmODRmZjkxNjQx...'

Injection Decorators

@InjectAuthDefinitions(): inject IAuthDefinitions to your injectable classes.

@InjectPasswordHasher(): inject PasswordHasherService to your injectable classes. This is an alias for the statement below:

import { Inject, Injectable } from '@nestjs/common'
import { AUTH_PASSWORD_HASHER } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'

@Injectable()
export class SampleService {
  public constructor(
    @Inject(AUTH_PASSWORD_HASHER)
    protected readonly hasher: PasswordHasherService
  ) {}
}

Controller Decorators

@Public() This decorator will help your controller available for all users. No authentication required.

import { Public } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common'

@Controller()
@Public()
export class AppController {
  @Get()
  public getHello(): string {
    return 'Hello World!'
  }
}

@InternalOnly() You need to use basic auth while accessing your controller.

import { InternalOnly } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common'

@Controller()
@InternalOnly()
export class AppController {
  @Get()
  public getHello(): string {
    return 'Hello World!'
  }
}

JWT By default, all another routes will be checked using JWT strategy guard.

It means, you need to pass your access token into the request header.

If you set the transfer method to both or cookie, you don't need to do anything. The AccessToken and RefreshToken already be sent via cookie.

If you set the transfer method to bearer, you need to pass your access token to the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer {yourAccessToken}
Refesh-Token: {yourRefreshToken}

@CurrentUser() This decorator will return the current logged-in user.

import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common'
import { ApiOperation, ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger'
import {
  IAuthUserEntityForResponse,
  CurrentUser
} from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'

@ApiTags('User details')
@Controller({path: 'users/-'})
export class ProfileController {
  @ApiOperation({
    summary: 'Get profile',
  })
  @Get('profile')
  public profile(
    @CurrentUser() user: IAuthUserEntityForResponse
  ): IAuthUserEntityForResponse {
    return user
  }
}

@PublicWithOptionalUser() Same as @Public(), but we can get user info with @CurrentUser() if you pass your access token into the request header.

import { PublicWithOptionalUser } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { Controller, Get } from '@nestjs/common'

@Controller()
@PublicWithOptionalUser()
export class AppController {
  @Get()
  public getHello(
    @CurrentUser() user?: IAuthUserEntityForResponse | undefined
  ): string {
    /**
     * user is nullable
     */
    console.log({
      userId: user?.id
    })
    return 'Hello World!'
  }
}

Triggered Events

UserLoggedInEvent

Triggered when user logged in successfully.

You can store the relevant access/refresh tokens in database using this event.

Sample usages

import { UserLoggedInEvent } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { EventsHandler, IEventHandler } from '@nestjs/cqrs'
import { delay, lastValueFrom, of, tap } from 'rxjs'

@EventsHandler(UserLoggedInEvent)
export class UserLoggedInEventHandler implements IEventHandler<UserLoggedInEvent> {
  public async handle(event: UserLoggedInEvent): Promise<void> {
    await lastValueFrom(
      of(event).pipe(
        delay(1200),
        tap(({user, isImpersonated}) => {
          console.log('UserLoggedInEvent', {user, isImpersonated})
        })
      )
    )
  }
}

AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEvent

Triggered when a new access token is generated from refresh token.

You can store the relevant new access token in database using this event.

Sample usages

import { AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEvent } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { EventsHandler, IEventHandler } from '@nestjs/cqrs'
import { delay, lastValueFrom, of, tap } from 'rxjs'

@EventsHandler(AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEvent)
export class AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEventHandler
  implements IEventHandler<AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEvent> {
  public async handle(event: AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEvent): Promise<void> {
    console.log('AccessTokenGeneratedFromRefreshTokenEvent', event)
  }
}

UserLoggedOutEvent

Triggered when user logged out.

Sample usages

import { UserLoggedOutEvent } from '@mercury-labs/nest-auth'
import { EventsHandler, IEventHandler } from '@nestjs/cqrs'
import { delay, lastValueFrom, of, tap } from 'rxjs'

@EventsHandler(UserLoggedOutEvent)
export class UserLoggedOutEventHandler implements IEventHandler<UserLoggedOutEvent> {
  public async handle(event: UserLoggedOutEvent): Promise<void> {
    console.log('UserLoggedOutEvent', event)
  }
}

Notes:

• You must install package @nestjs/cqrs to work with auth events.

Next plan

• Allow user to revoke accessToken, refreshToken of some user.