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---
title: 'Authentication functions'
weight: 3
---

# Getting started with Authentication functions

Authentication in Glee can be done using authentication functions. Authentication functions are files that export either one or both of the `clientAuth` and `serverAuth` Node.js functions:

```js
/* websocket.js */

export async function serverAuth({ authProps, done }) {
//server auth logic
}

export async function clientAuth({ parsedAsyncAPI, serverName }) {
//client auth logic
}
```

Glee looks for authentication files in the `auth` directory by default but it can be configured using [glee config file](../config-file.md).
The name of the authentication file should be the name of the targeted server that the authentication logic should work for.

## Supported Authentication Values in asyncapi.yaml file

AsyncAPI currently supports a variety of authentication formats as specified in the [documentation](https://www.asyncapi.com/docs/reference/specification/v3.0.0-next-major-spec.15#securitySchemeObject), however Glee supports the following authentication schemas.

- userPassword
- http ("bearer")
- httpApiKey
- Oauth2

A sample `asyncapi.yaml` for a server with security requirements and a `userPassword` security schemes is shown below:

```yaml
##server asyncAPI schema
asyncapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: AsyncAPI IMDB server
version: 1.0.0
description: This app is a dummy server that would stream the trending/upcoming anime.
servers:
trendingAnimeServer:
host: 'localhost:8081'
protocol: http
security:
- $ref: '#/components/securitySchemes/userPass'

...

components:
securitySchemes:
userPass:
type: userPassword

```

A sample `asyncapi.yaml` for a client that implements some of the requirements of the server above:

```yaml
##client asyncAPI schema
servers:
trendingAnime:
host: localhost:8081
protocol: http
security:
- $ref: '#/components/securitySchemes/userPass'
testwebhook:
host: localhost:9000
protocol: ws
x-remoteServers:
- trendingAnime

...

components:
securitySchemes:
userPass:
type: userPassword

```

**The Client asyncapi.yaml file does not need to implement all the security requirements in the server, it only needs to implement the ones that it uses like *userPassword* here.**


Glee can act as both a server and a client. Hence the need for `serverAuth` and `clientAuth`. Glee acts as a client when the server name is included in the `x-remoteServers` property in the `asyncapi.yaml` file.

When Glee acts as a client, it can connect to a Glee server, and when Glee acts as a server it accepts connections from other Glee clients. Hence a Glee application can both accept connections from clients while also sending requests to other Glee applications (servers) at the same time.

When a security requirement is specified in the `asyncapi.yaml` file and Glee acts as a server, the `serverAuth` function should be implemented, if Glee acts as a client then the `clientAuth` function should be implemented. If Glee is being used as both client and server, then it should have both the `clientAuth` and `serverAuth` functions.

## Server Authentication in Glee

The `serverAuth` function takes an argument that can be destructured as follows

| Attribute | Description |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| done | The done function that tells the server to proceed. |
| authProps | The authentication parameters recieved from the client. |
| serverName | The name of the server/broker from which the event was emitted. |
| doc | The parsedAsyncAPI schema |

### done()

The `done` parameter in the `serverAuth` function allows the broker/server to know what to do next depending on the boolean value you pass to it.

```js
/* websocket.js */

export async function serverAuth({ authProps, done }) {
if (isValidUser(authProps)) {
done(true);
} else {
done(false, 401, "Unauthorized");
}
}
```
**Parameters for done():**

- Authentication Result (Boolean): true for success, false for failure.
- HTTP Status Code (Integer): Code for authentication failure (e.g., 401 for Unauthorized).
- Status Message (String): Description of the authentication result (e.g., "Unauthorized").

When `true` is passed to the done parameter, the server/broker knows to go ahead and allow the client to connect, which means authentication has succeeded. However if the `done` parameter is called with `false` then the server knows to throw an error message and reject the client, which means authenticatio has failed.

`done()` should always be the last thing called in a `serverAuth` function, Glee won't execute any logic beyond the `done()` call.

### authProps

`authProps` implements a couple of methods that allows the server to retrieve the authentication parameters from the client, below are the current available methods;

```js
export async function serverAuth({ authProps, done }) {
//some network request

authProps.getOauthToken()
authProps.getHttpAPIKeys('api_key')
authProps.getToken()
authProps.getUserPass()

// done(false, 401, "Unauthorized");
done(false)
}
```

| Method | Description |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `getOauthToken()` | returns the oauth authentication parameter |
| `getHttpAPIKeys(name)` | returns the HttpAPIKeys parameter with the specified name from either headers or query parameter |
| `getToken()` | returns the http bearer token parameter |
| `getUserPass()` | returns username and password parameters |

## Client Authentication in Glee

The `clientAuth` function also takes an argument, and it's argument can be destructured as follows

| Attribute | Description |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parsedAsyncAPI | The parsedAsyncAPI schema. |
| serverName | The name of the server/broker from with the authentication parameters are being sent. |

### possible authentication parameters

The possible authentication parameters are shown in the code snippet below:

```js
export async function clientAuth({ serverName }) {
return {
token: process.env.TOKEN,
oauth: process.env.OAUTH2,
apiKey: process.env.APIKEY,
userPass: {
user: process.env.user,
password: process.env.password,
},
}
}
```

**The name of the authentication parameters should be the same as the names specified in the asyncAPI.yaml file.**

| auth type | values |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| http bearer (JWT) | Value should be a JWT string |
| Oauth2 | The value should should be a string |
| httpApiKey in headers or query params | The value should be a string |
| userPass | The value should be an object with the user and password as properties |
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title: 'Http (Bearer Token)'
weight: 5
---

## Getting started with Bearer Token authentication

Bearer Token authentication is one of the most popular forms of authentication and is widely used because of its percieved security. This guide will walk through how to implement bearer token authentication in Glee.

A sample `asyncapi.yaml` for a server with security requirements and user password security scheme is shown below:

```yaml
##server asyncAPI schema
asyncapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: AsyncAPI IMDB server
version: 1.0.0
description: This app is a dummy server that would stream the trending/upcoming anime.
servers:
trendingAnimeServer:
host: 'localhost:8081'
protocol: http
security:
- $ref: '#/components/securitySchemes/token'

...

components:
securitySchemes:
token:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT

```

A sample `asyncapi.yaml` for a client that implements some of the requirements of the server above:

```yaml
##client asyncAPI schema
servers:
trendingAnime:
host: localhost:8081
protocol: http
security:
- $ref: '#/components/securitySchemes/token'
testwebhook:
host: localhost:9000
protocol: ws
x-remoteServers:
- trendingAnime

...

components:
securitySchemes:
token:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT

```

**The Client asyncapi.yaml file does't need to implement all the security requirements in the server, it only needs to implement the ones that it uses like &*http (bearer token)* here.**

### Client Side

Following the client `asyncapi.yaml` file above, create a file named `trendingAnime.ts` in the `auth` directory, since that is the server that has the security Property.

```bash
touch auth/trendingAnime.ts
```

When using the `bearer` security scheme, it is important that you pass the parameters as follows:

```js
export async clientAuth({ parsedAsyncAPI, serverName }) {
return {
token: process.env.TOKEN
}
}
```

Glee will utilize the `token` for server authentication, employing it in the header with the format: Authorization: Bearer {token}.

### Server side

From the server `asyncapi.yaml` file above, create a file named `trendingAnimeServer.ts` in the `auth` directory, since that is the server that has the security Property.

```bash
touch auth/trendingAnimeServer.ts
```

On the server side, you can retrieve the values as follows

```js

export async serverAuth({ authProps, done }) {
authProps.getToken()
// your authentication logic here...
done(true|false)
}

```

`getToken()` return a string which contains the token that was sent from the client.



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