JWTRefreshTokenBundle
, (*1)
The purpose of this bundle is manage refresh tokens with JWT (Json Web Tokens) in an easy way. This bundles uses LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle. Supports Doctrine ORM/ODM., (*2)
Prerequisites
This bundle requires PHP 7.4 or later and Symfony 4.4, 5.4, or 6.0+., (*3)
For support with older Symfony versions, please use the 0.12 release., (*4)
Protip: Though the bundle doesn't force you to do so, it is highly recommended to use HTTPS., (*5)
Installation
Step 1: Download the Bundle
You must also install either the Doctrine ORM or MongoDB ODM, these packages are not installed automatically with this bundle. Failing to do so may trigger errors on installation., (*6)
If using Symfony 4.4, you will also need to install the symfony/security-guard
package, it is only required for the legacy authentication API and is not compatible with Symfony 6.0., (*7)
With Doctrine's ORM, (*8)
composer require doctrine/orm doctrine/doctrine-bundle gesdinet/jwt-refresh-token-bundle
With Doctrine's MongoDB ODM, (*9)
composer require doctrine/mongodb-odm doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle gesdinet/jwt-refresh-token-bundle
Or, manually edit your project's composer.json
file to add the required packages:, (*10)
{
"require": {
"doctrine/doctrine-bundle": "^2.0",
"doctrine/mongodb-odm": "^2.0",
"doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle": "^4.0",
"doctrine/orm": "^2.7",
"gesdinet/jwt-refresh-token-bundle": "^1.0"
}
}
Alternatively, a custom persistence layer can be used., (*11)
For that purpose, you must:, (*12)
Step 2: Enable the Bundle
Symfony Flex Application
For an application using Symfony Flex the bundle should be automatically registered, but if not you will need to add it to your config/bundles.php
file., (*13)
<?php
return [
//...
Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\GesdinetJWTRefreshTokenBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];
Symfony Flex Application
For an application using Symfony Flex, a recipe should have been applied to your application. If not, you will need to make the following changes:, (*14)
- Configure the refresh token class. Create the
config/packages/gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.yaml
file with the below contents:
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
refresh_token_class: App\Entity\RefreshToken # This is the class name of the refresh token, you will need to adjust this to match the class your application will use
- Create the object class.
If you are using the Doctrine ORM, the below contents should be placed at src/Entity/RefreshToken.php
(use annotations OR attributes):, (*15)
<?php
namespace App\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Entity\RefreshToken as BaseRefreshToken;
/**
* @ORM\Entity
* @ORM\Table("refresh_tokens")
*/
#[ORM\Entity]
#[ORM\Table(name: 'refresh_tokens')]
class RefreshToken extends BaseRefreshToken
{
}
If you are using the Doctrine MongoDB ODM, the below contents should be placed at src/Document/RefreshToken.php
(remember to update the refresh_token_class
configuration above to match):, (*16)
<?php
namespace App\Document;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations as ODM;
use Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Document\RefreshToken as BaseRefreshToken;
/**
* @ODM\Document(collection="refresh_tokens")
*/
class RefreshToken extends BaseRefreshToken
{
}
Step 4 (Symfony 5.4+)
Define the refresh token route
Open your routing configuration file and add the following route to it:, (*17)
# config/routes.yaml
api_refresh_token:
path: /api/token/refresh
# ...
To enable the authenticator, you should add it to your API firewall(s) alongside the json_login
and jwt
authenticators., (*18)
The complete firewall configuration should look similar to the following:, (*19)
# config/packages/security.yaml
security:
# this config is only required on Symfony 5.4, you can leave it out on Symfony 6
enable_authenticator_manager: true
firewalls:
api:
pattern: ^/api
stateless: true
entry_point: jwt
json_login:
check_path: /api/login # or, if you have defined a route for your login path, the route name you used
success_handler: lexik_jwt_authentication.handler.authentication_success
failure_handler: lexik_jwt_authentication.handler.authentication_failure
jwt: ~
refresh_jwt:
check_path: /api/token/refresh # or, you may use the `api_refresh_token` route name
# or if you have more than one user provider
# provider: user_provider_name
# ...
access_control:
# ...
- { path: ^/api/(login|token/refresh), roles: PUBLIC_ACCESS }
# ...
# ...
Step 4 (Symfony 4.4)
Define the refresh token route
Open your routing configuration file and add the following route to it:, (*20)
# config/routes.yaml
api_refresh_token:
path: /api/token/refresh
controller: gesdinet.jwtrefreshtoken::refresh
# ...
Add the below to your security configuration file:, (*21)
# config/packages/security.yaml
security:
firewalls:
# put it before all your other firewall API entries
refresh:
pattern: ^/api/token/refresh
stateless: true
anonymous: true
# or if you have more than one user provider
#provider: user_provider_name
# ...
access_control:
# ...
- { path: ^/api/token/refresh, roles: IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY }
# ...
# ...
Step 5: Update your database schema
You will need to add the table for the refresh tokens to your application's database., (*22)
With migrations:, (*23)
# If using the MakerBundle:
php bin/console make:migration
# Without the MakerBundle:
php bin/console doctrine:migrations:diff
php bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
Without migrations (NOT RECOMMENDED):, (*24)
php bin/console doctrine:schema:update --force
Usage
The below options can be configured through the bundle's configuration in the config/packages/gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.yaml
file (make sure to create it if it does not already exist)., (*25)
Token TTL
You can define the refresh token TTL, this value is set in seconds and defaults to 1 month. You can change this value adding this line to your config:, (*26)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
ttl: 2592000
Update Token TTL
You can configure the bundle to refresh the TTL on a refresh token when it is used, by default this feature is disabled. You can change this value adding this line to your config:, (*27)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
ttl_update: true
Config Firewall Name
NOTE This setting is deprecated and is not used with the refresh_jwt
authenticator, (*28)
You can define Firewall name. Default value is api
. You can change this value adding this line to your config:, (*29)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
firewall: api
Refresh Token Parameter Name
You can define the parameter name for the refresh token when it is read from the request, the default value is refresh_token
. You can change this value adding this line to your config:, (*30)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
token_parameter_name: refreshToken
Return Expiration Timestamp
If set to true, the expiration Unix timestamp will be added to the response., (*31)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
return_expiration: true
The default parameter name is refresh_token_expiration
. You can change the parameter name by adding this line to your config and changing it:, (*32)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
return_expiration_parameter_name: refresh_token_expiration
Set The User Provider
Symfony 5.4+
You can define a user provider to use for the authenticator its configuration., (*33)
Note, if your application has multiple user providers, you MUST configure this value for either the firewall or the provider., (*34)
# app/config/security.yml or config/packages/security.yaml
security:
firewalls:
api:
pattern: ^/api
stateless: true
entry_point: jwt
json_login: ~
jwt: ~
refresh_jwt:
check_path: /api/token/refresh
provider: user_provider_service_id
By default, when a user provider is not specified, then the user provider for the firewall is used instead., (*35)
Symfony 4.4
NOTE This setting is deprecated and is not used with the refresh_jwt
authenticator, (*36)
You can define your own user provider, by default the gesdinet.jwtrefreshtoken.user_provider
service is used. You can change this value by adding this line to your config:, (*37)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
user_provider: user_provider_service_id
For example, if you are using FOSUserBundle, user_provider
must be set to fos_user.user_provider.username_email
., (*38)
For Doctrine ORM UserProvider, user_provider
must be set to security.user.provider.concrete.<your_user_provider_name_in_security_yaml>
., (*39)
For example, in your config/packages/security.yaml
file:, (*40)
security:
# ...
providers:
app_user_provider:
# ...
firewalls:
# ...
# ...
then your user_provider_service_id is security.user.provider.concrete.app_user_provider
., (*41)
Set The User Checker
Symfony 5.4+
You can define a user checker to use for the firewall as part of the firewall configuration:, (*42)
# app/config/security.yml or config/packages/security.yaml
security:
firewalls:
api_token_refresh:
pattern: ^/api/token/refresh
stateless: true
user_checker: user_checker_service_id
refresh_jwt: ~
Symfony 4.4
NOTE This setting is deprecated and is not used with the refresh_jwt
authenticator, (*43)
You can define your own user checker, by default the security.user_checker
service is used. You can change this value by adding this line to your config:, (*44)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
user_checker: user_checker_service_id
You will probably want to use a custom user provider along with your user checker to ensure that the checker receives the right type of user., (*45)
Single Use Tokens
You can configure the refresh token so it can only be consumed once. If set to true
and the refresh token is consumed, a new refresh token will be provided., (*46)
To enable this behavior add this line to your config:, (*47)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
single_use: true
Set the refresh token in a cookie
By default, the refresh token is returned in the body of a JSON response. You can use the following configuration to set it in a HttpOnly cookie instead. The refresh token is automatically extracted from the cookie during refresh., (*48)
To allow users to logout when using cookies, you need to configure the LogoutEvent
to trigger on a specific route, and call that route during logout., (*49)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
cookie:
enabled: true
same_site: lax # default value
path: / # default value
domain: null # default value
http_only: true # default value
secure: true # default value
partitioned: false # default value
remove_token_from_body: true # default value
Invalidate refresh token on logout
This bundle automatically registers an EventListener
which triggers on LogoutEvent
s from a specific firewall (default: api
)., (*50)
The LogoutEventListener
automatically invalidates the given refresh token and, if enabled, unsets the cookie.
If no refresh token is supplied, an error is returned and the cookie remains untouched. If the supplied refresh token is (already) invalid, the cookie is unset., (*51)
All you have to do is make sure the LogoutEvent
triggers on a specific route, and call that route during logout:, (*52)
# in security.yaml
security:
firewalls:
api:
logout:
path: api_token_invalidate
```yaml, (*53)
in routes.yaml
api_token_invalidate:
path: /api/token/invalidate, (*54)
If you want to configure the `LogoutEvent` to trigger on a different firewall, the name of the firewall has to be configured:
```yaml
# in security.yaml
security:
firewalls:
myfirewall:
logout:
path: api_token_invalidate
```yaml, (*55)
in routes.yaml
api_token_invalidate:
path: /api/token/invalidate, (*56)
```yaml
# in gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.yaml
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
logout_firewall: myfirewall
Doctrine Manager Type
By default, the bundle will try to set the appropriate Doctrine object manager for your application using the following logic to define the manager type:, (*57)
- If the
manager_type
configuration key is set to "mongodb", the MongoDB ODM is used
- If the
manager_type
configuration key is set to "orm" (default), and the ORM is not installed but the MongoDB ODM is installed, the MongoDB ODM is used
- By default, the
manager_type
is "orm" and the ORM is used
You can customize the manager type using the manager_type
configuration:, (*58)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
manager_type: mongodb
Use another object manager
You can configure the bundle to use any object manager using the object_manager
configuration. Note, an explicitly defined object_manager
configuration will override any automatic configuration based on the manager_type
., (*59)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
object_manager: my.specific.entity_manager.id
Use another class for refresh tokens
You can define your own refresh token class for your project by creating a class extending from the classes provided by this bundle. This also allows you to customize the refresh token, i.e. to add extra data to the token., (*60)
When using the Doctrine ORM, create a class extending Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Entity\RefreshToken
in your application:, (*61)
<?php
namespace App\Entity;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Entity\RefreshToken;
/**
* This class extends Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Entity\RefreshToken to have another table name.
*
* @ORM\Table("jwt_refresh_token")
*/
class JwtRefreshToken extends RefreshToken
{
}
When using the Doctrine MongoDB ODM, create a class extending Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Document\RefreshToken
in your application:, (*62)
<?php
namespace App\Document;
use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations as MongoDB;
use Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Document\RefreshToken;
/**
* This class extends Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Document\RefreshToken to have another collection name.
*
* @MongoDB\Document(collection="jwt_refresh_token")
*/
class JwtRefreshToken extends RefreshToken
{
}
Then declare this class adding this line to your config.yml file:, (*63)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
refresh_token_class: App\Entity\JwtRefreshToken
NOTE If using another object manager, it is recommended your object class extends from Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Model\AbstractRefreshToken
which implements all required methods from Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Model\RefreshTokenInterface
., (*64)
Disable automatic Doctrine mappings
NOTE: This setting is deprecated and is no longer used, (*65)
On some occasions, you may not want to have default Doctrine mappings of object manager enabled as you use neither ORM nor ODM but i.e. using DoctrineBundle for DBAL., (*66)
To disable dynamic Doctrine mapping add this line to your config:, (*67)
gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token:
doctrine_mappings: false
Generating Tokens
When you authenticate through /api/login_check with user/password credentials, LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle now returns a JWT Token and a Refresh Token data., (*68)
{
"token": "eyxxxGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXUyJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NDI0MDM3NTgsImVtYWlsIjoid2VibWFzdGVyQGdlc2RpbmV0LmNvbSIsImlhdCI6IjE0NDI0MDM3MzgifQ.bo5pre_v0moCXVOZOj-s85gVnBLzdSdsltPn3XrkmJaE8eaBo_zcU2pnjs4dUc9hhwNZK8PL6SmSNcQuTUj4OMK7sUDfXr62a05Ds-UgQP8B2Kpc-ZOmSts_vhgo6xJNCy8Oub9-pRA_78WzUUxt294w0IArrNlgQAGewk65RSMThOif9G6L7HzBM4ajFZ-kMDypz2zVQea1kry-m-XXKNDbERCSHnMeV3rANN48SX645_WEvwaHy0agChR4hTnThzLof2bShA7j7HmnSPpODxQszS5ZBHdMgTvYhlcWJmwYswCWCTPl3lsqVq_UOFI5_4arpSNlUwZsichqxXVAHX5idZqCWtoaqAbvNQe2IpinYajoXw-MlYKvcN2TLUF_8sy529olLUagf4FCpCO6JFxovv0E7ll9tUOVvx9LlannqV8976q5XCOoXszKonZSH7DhsBlW5Emjv7PailbARZ-hfl4YlamyY2QbnxAswYycfoxqJxbbIKYGA8dlebdvMyC7m9VATnasTuKeEKS3mP5iyDgWALBHNYXm1FM-12zHBdN3PbOgxmy_OBGvk05thYFEf2WVmyedtFHy4TGlI0-otUTAf2swQAXWhKtkLWzokWWF7l5iNzam1kkEgql5EOztXHDZpmdKVHWBVNvN3J5ivPjjJBm6sGusf-radcw",
"refresh_token": "xxx00a7a9e970f9bbe076e05743e00648908c38366c551a8cdf524ba424fc3e520988f6320a54989bbe85931ffe1bfcc63e33fd8b45d58564039943bfbd8dxxx"
}
The refresh token is persisted as a RefreshTokenInterface
object. After that, when your JWT valid token expires, if you want to get a new one you can proceed in two ways:, (*69)
- Send you user credentials again to /api/login_check. This generates another JWT with another Refresh Token.
- Ask to renew valid JWT with our refresh token. Make a POST call to /api/token/refresh url with refresh token as payload. In this way, you can always get a valid JWT without asking for user credentials. But you must check if the refresh token is still valid. Your refresh token will not change but its TTL will increase.
Note that when a refresh token is consumed and the config option single_use
is set to true
the token will no longer be valid., (*70)
curl -X POST -d refresh_token="xxxx4b54b0076d2fcc5a51a6e60c0fb83b0bc90b47e2c886accb70850795fb311973c9d101fa0111f12eec739db063ec09d7dd79331e3148f5fc6e9cb362xxxx" 'http://xxxx/token/refresh'
This call returns a new valid JWT token renewing valid datetime of your refresh token., (*71)
Useful Commands
Revoke all invalid tokens
If you want to revoke all invalid (datetime expired) refresh tokens you can execute:, (*72)
php bin/console gesdinet:jwt:clear
The command optionally accepts a date argument which will delete all tokens older than the given time. This can be any value that can be parsed by the DateTime
class., (*73)
php bin/console gesdinet:jwt:clear 2015-08-08
We recommend executing this command as a cronjob to remove invalid refresh tokens on an interval., (*74)
Revoke a token
If you want to revoke a single token you can use this command:, (*75)
php bin/console gesdinet:jwt:revoke TOKEN
Events
Token Refreshed
When a token is refreshed, the gesdinet.refresh_token
event is dispatched with a Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Event\RefreshEvent
object., (*76)
Refresh Token Failure
NOTE This event is only available when using the refresh_jwt
authenticator with Symfony 5.4+., (*77)
When there is a failure authenticating the refresh token, the gesdinet.refresh_token_failure
event is dispatched with a Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Event\RefreshAuthenticationFailureEvent
object., (*78)
Refresh Token Not Found
NOTE This event is only available when using the refresh_jwt
authenticator with Symfony 5.4+., (*79)
When there is a failure authenticating the refresh token, the gesdinet.refresh_token_not_found
event is dispatched with a Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Event\RefreshTokenNotFoundEvent
object., (*80)
The bundle provides a Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Request\Extractor\ExtractorInterface
to define classes which can read the refresh token from the request., (*81)
By default, the Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Request\Extractor\ChainExtractor
is used which allows checking multiple aspects of the request for a token. The first token found will be used., (*82)
You can create a custom extractor by adding a class to your application implementing the interface. For example, to add an extractor checking for a "X-Refresh-Token" header:, (*83)
<?php
namespace App\Request\Extractor;
use Gesdinet\JWTRefreshTokenBundle\Request\Extractor\ExtractorInterface;
use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
final class HeaderExtractor implements ExtractorInterface
{
public function getRefreshToken(Request $request, string $parameter): ?string
{
return $request->headers->get('X-Refresh-Token');
}
}
This bundle handles automatically configuring ExtractorInterface
objects and will automatically set the gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.request_extractor
container tag when your application uses autoconfiguration (autoconfigure: true
in your services.yaml
file). If autoconfiguration is not in use, you will need to manually configure the tag:, (*84)
services:
App\Request\Extractor\HeaderExtractor:
tags:
- { name: gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.request_extractor }
The gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.request_extractor
container tag supports prioritizing extractors, you can use this to set the preferred order for your extractors by adding a priority
attribute. The higher the number, the sooner the extractor will be run., (*85)
services:
App\Request\Extractor\HeaderExtractor:
tags:
- { name: gesdinet_jwt_refresh_token.request_extractor, priority: 25 }