Introducing the OAuth 2.0 Express SDK for Protecting APIs with JWT Bearer Tokens

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/u_robertinoc

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  • express-jwt

    connect/express middleware that validates a JsonWebToken (JWT) and set the req.user with the attributes

  • Auth0’s previous advice for protecting Express APIs was with a combination of three SDKs: express-jwt, express-jwt-authz, and jwks-rsa. And whilst these work well and are popular SDKs, we felt the developer experience could be improved.

  • express-jwt-authz

    Validate the JWT scope to authorize access to an endpoint

  • Auth0’s previous advice for protecting Express APIs was with a combination of three SDKs: express-jwt, express-jwt-authz, and jwks-rsa. And whilst these work well and are popular SDKs, we felt the developer experience could be improved.

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  • node-jwks-rsa

    A library to retrieve RSA public keys from a JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) endpoint.

  • Auth0’s previous advice for protecting Express APIs was with a combination of three SDKs: express-jwt, express-jwt-authz, and jwks-rsa. And whilst these work well and are popular SDKs, we felt the developer experience could be improved.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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