HarperDB uses token based authentication with JSON Web Tokens, JWTs.
This consists of two primary operations create_authentication_tokens
and refresh_operation_token
. These generate two types of tokens, as follows:
The operation_token
which is used to authenticate all HarperDB operations in the Bearer Token Authorization Header. The default expiry is one day.
The refresh_token
which is used to generate a new operation_token
upon expiry. This token is used in the Bearer Token Authorization Header for the refresh_operation_token
operation only. The default expiry is thirty days.
The create_authentication_tokens
operation can be used at any time to refresh both tokens in the event that both have expired or been lost.
Create Authentication Tokens
Users must initially create tokens using their HarperDB credentials. The following POST body is sent to HarperDB. No headers are required for this POST operation.
Copy {
"operation" : "create_authentication_tokens" ,
"username" : "username" ,
"password" : "password"
}
A full cURL example can be seen here:
Copy curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:9925' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
"operation": "create_authentication_tokens",
"username": "username",
"password": "password"
}'
An example expected return object is:
Copy {
"operation_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXJuYW1lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA0OTc4MjAwLCJleHAiOjE2MDUwNjQ2MDAsInN1YiI6Im9wZXJhdGlvbiJ9.MpQA-9CMjA-mn-7mHyUXSuSC_-kqMqJXp_NDiKLFtbtMRbodCuY3DzH401rvy_4vb0yCELf0B5EapLVY1545sv80nxSl6FoZFxQaDWYXycoia6zHpiveR8hKlmA6_XTWHJbY2FM1HAFrdtt3yUTiF-ylkdNbPG7u7fRjTmHfsZ78gd2MNWIDkHoqWuFxIyqk8XydQpsjULf2Uacirt9FmHfkMZ-Jr_rRpcIEW0FZyLInbm6uxLfseFt87wA0TbZ0ofImjAuaW_3mYs-3H48CxP152UJ0jByPb0kHsk1QKP7YHWx1-Wce9NgNADfG5rfgMHANL85zvkv8sJmIGZIoSpMuU3CIqD2rgYnMY-L5dQN1fgfROrPMuAtlYCRK7r-IpjvMDQtRmCiNG45nGsM4DTzsa5GyDrkGssd5OBhl9gr9z9Bb5HQVYhSKIOiy72dK5dQNBklD4eGLMmo-u322zBITmE0lKaBcwYGJw2mmkYcrjDOmsDseU6Bf_zVUd9WF3FqwNkhg4D7nrfNSC_flalkxPHckU5EC_79cqoUIX2ogufBW5XgYbU4WfLloKcIpb51YTZlZfwBHlHPSyaq_guaXFaeCUXKq39_i1n0HRF_mRaxNru0cNDFT9Fm3eD7V8axFijSVAMDyQs_JR7SY483YDKUfN4l-vw-EVynImr4",
"refresh_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXJuYW1lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA0OTc4MjAwLCJleHAiOjE2MDc1NzAyMDAsInN1YiI6InJlZnJlc2gifQ.acaCsk-CJWIMLGDZdGnsthyZsJfQ8ihXLyE8mTji8PgGkpbwhs7e1O0uitMgP_pGjHq2tey1BHSwoeCL49b18WyMIB10hK-q2BXGKQkykltjTrQbg7VsdFi0h57mGfO0IqAwYd55_hzHZNnyJMh4b0iPQFDwU7iTD7x9doHhZAvzElpkWbc_NKVw5_Mw3znjntSzbuPN105zlp4Niurin-_5BnukwvoJWLEJ-ZlF6hE4wKhaMB1pWTJjMvJQJE8khTTvlUN8tGxmzoaDYoe1aCGNxmDEQnx8Y5gKzVd89sylhqi54d2nQrJ2-ElfEDsMoXpR01Ps6fNDFtLTuPTp7ixj8LvgL2nCjAg996Ga3PtdvXJAZPDYCqqvaBkZZcsiqOgqLV0vGo3VVlfrcgJXQImMYRr_Inu0FCe47A93IAWuQTs-KplM1KdGJsHSnNBV6oe6QEkROJT5qZME-8xhvBYvOXqp9Znwg39bmiBCMxk26Ce66_vw06MNgoa3D5AlXPWemfdVKPZDnj_aLVjZSs0gAfFElcVn7l9yjWJOaT2Muk26U8bJl-2BEq_DSclqKHODuYM5kkPKIdE4NFrsqsDYuGxcA25rlNETFyl0q-UXj1aoz_joy5Hdnr4mFELmjnoo4jYQuakufP9xeGPsj1skaodKl0mmoGcCD6v1F60"
}
Using JWT Authentication Tokens
The operation_token
value is used to authenticate all operations in place of our standard Basic auth. In order to pass the token you will need to create an Bearer Token Authorization Header like the following request:
Copy curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:9925' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXJuYW1lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA0OTc4MjAwLCJleHAiOjE2MDUwNjQ2MDAsInN1YiI6Im9wZXJhdGlvbiJ9.MpQA-9CMjA-mn-7mHyUXSuSC_-kqMqJXp_NDiKLFtbtMRbodCuY3DzH401rvy_4vb0yCELf0B5EapLVY1545sv80nxSl6FoZFxQaDWYXycoia6zHpiveR8hKlmA6_XTWHJbY2FM1HAFrdtt3yUTiF-ylkdNbPG7u7fRjTmHfsZ78gd2MNWIDkHoqWuFxIyqk8XydQpsjULf2Uacirt9FmHfkMZ-Jr_rRpcIEW0FZyLInbm6uxLfseFt87wA0TbZ0ofImjAuaW_3mYs-3H48CxP152UJ0jByPb0kHsk1QKP7YHWx1-Wce9NgNADfG5rfgMHANL85zvkv8sJmIGZIoSpMuU3CIqD2rgYnMY-L5dQN1fgfROrPMuAtlYCRK7r-IpjvMDQtRmCiNG45nGsM4DTzsa5GyDrkGssd5OBhl9gr9z9Bb5HQVYhSKIOiy72dK5dQNBklD4eGLMmo-u322zBITmE0lKaBcwYGJw2mmkYcrjDOmsDseU6Bf_zVUd9WF3FqwNkhg4D7nrfNSC_flalkxPHckU5EC_79cqoUIX2ogufBW5XgYbU4WfLloKcIpb51YTZlZfwBHlHPSyaq_guaXFaeCUXKq39_i1n0HRF_mRaxNru0cNDFT9Fm3eD7V8axFijSVAMDyQs_JR7SY483YDKUfN4l-vw-EVynImr4' \
--data-raw '{
"operation":"search_by_hash",
"schema":"dev",
"table":"dog",
"hash_values":[1],
"get_attributes": ["*"]
}'
Token Expiration
operation_token
expires at a set interval. Once it expires it will no longer be accepted by HarperDB. This duration defaults to one day, and is configurable in harperdb-config.yaml . To generate a new operation_token
, the refresh_operation_token
operation is used, passing the refresh_token
in the Bearer Token Authorization Header. A full cURL example can be seen here:
Copy curl --location --request POST 'http://localhost:9925' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VybmFtZSI6InVzZXJuYW1lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjA0OTc4MjAwLCJleHAiOjE2MDc1NzAyMDAsInN1YiI6InJlZnJlc2gifQ.acaCsk-CJWIMLGDZdGnsthyZsJfQ8ihXLyE8mTji8PgGkpbwhs7e1O0uitMgP_pGjHq2tey1BHSwoeCL49b18WyMIB10hK-q2BXGKQkykltjTrQbg7VsdFi0h57mGfO0IqAwYd55_hzHZNnyJMh4b0iPQFDwU7iTD7x9doHhZAvzElpkWbc_NKVw5_Mw3znjntSzbuPN105zlp4Niurin-_5BnukwvoJWLEJ-ZlF6hE4wKhaMB1pWTJjMvJQJE8khTTvlUN8tGxmzoaDYoe1aCGNxmDEQnx8Y5gKzVd89sylhqi54d2nQrJ2-ElfEDsMoXpR01Ps6fNDFtLTuPTp7ixj8LvgL2nCjAg996Ga3PtdvXJAZPDYCqqvaBkZZcsiqOgqLV0vGo3VVlfrcgJXQImMYRr_Inu0FCe47A93IAWuQTs-KplM1KdGJsHSnNBV6oe6QEkROJT5qZME-8xhvBYvOXqp9Znwg39bmiBCMxk26Ce66_vw06MNgoa3D5AlXPWemfdVKPZDnj_aLVjZSs0gAfFElcVn7l9yjWJOaT2Muk26U8bJl-2BEq_DSclqKHODuYM5kkPKIdE4NFrsqsDYuGxcA25rlNETFyl0q-UXj1aoz_joy5Hdnr4mFELmjnoo4jYQuakufP9xeGPsj1skaodKl0mmoGcCD6v1F60' \
--data-raw '{
"operation":"refresh_operation_token"
}'
This will return a new operation_token
. An example expected return object is:
Copy {
"operation_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.qB4FS7fzryCO5epQlFCQe4mQcUEhzXjfsXRFPgauXrGZwSeSr2o2a1tE1xjiI3qjK0r3f2bdi2xpFlDR1thdY-m0mOpHTICNOae4KdKzp7cyzRaOFurQnVYmkWjuV_Ww4PJgr6P3XDgXs5_B2d7ZVBR-BaAimYhVRIIShfpWk-4iN1XDk96TwloCkYx01BuN87o-VOvAnOG-K_EISA9RuEBpSkfUEuvHx8IU4VgfywdbhNMh6WXM0VP7ZzSpshgsS07MGjysGtZHNTVExEvFh14lyfjfqKjDoIJbo2msQwD2FvrTTb0iaQry1-Wwz9QJjVAUtid7tJuP8aBeNqvKyMIXRVnl5viFUr-Gs-Zl_WtyVvKlYWw0_rUn3ucmurK8tTy6iHyJ6XdUf4pYQebpEkIvi2rd__e_Z60V84MPvIYs6F_8CAy78aaYmUg5pihUEehIvGRj1RUZgdfaXElw90-m-M5hMOTI04LrzzVnBu7DcMYg4UC1W-WDrrj4zUq7y8_LczDA-yBC2-bkvWwLVtHLgV5yIEuIx2zAN74RQ4eCy1ffWDrVxYJBau4yiIyCc68dsatwHHH6bMK0uI9ib6Y9lsxCYjh-7MFcbP-4UBhgoDDXN9xoUToDLRqR9FTHqAHrGHp7BCdF5d6TQTVL5fmmg61MrLucOo-LZBXs1NY"
}
The refresh_token
also expires at a set interval, but a longer interval. Once it expires it will no longer be accepted by HarperDB. This duration defaults to thirty days, and is configurable in harperdb-config.yaml . To generate a new operation_token
and a new refresh_token
the create_authentication_tokensoperation
is called.
Configuration
Token timeouts are configurable in harperdb-config.yaml with the following parameters:
operationsApi.authentication.operationTokenTimeout
: Defines the length of time until the operation_token expires (default 1d).
operationsApi.authentication.refreshTokenTimeout
: Defines the length of time until the refresh_token expires (default 30d).
A full list of valid values for both parameters can be found here .
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