Authentication and authorization patterns including OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, session management, and PKCE flows
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tessl review fix ./skills/authentication-patterns/SKILL.mdimport jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
interface TokenPayload {
sub: string;
email: string;
roles: string[];
}
function generateTokens(user: User) {
const accessToken = jwt.sign(
{ sub: user.id, email: user.email, roles: user.roles },
process.env.JWT_SECRET!,
{ expiresIn: "15m", issuer: "auth-service" }
);
const refreshToken = jwt.sign(
{ sub: user.id, tokenVersion: user.tokenVersion },
process.env.REFRESH_SECRET!,
{ expiresIn: "7d", issuer: "auth-service" }
);
return { accessToken, refreshToken };
}
function verifyAccessToken(token: string): TokenPayload {
return jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_SECRET!, {
issuer: "auth-service",
}) as TokenPayload;
}Short-lived access tokens (15 minutes) with longer-lived refresh tokens (7 days). Store refresh tokens in HTTP-only cookies.
function authenticate(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) {
const header = req.headers.authorization;
if (!header?.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
return res.status(401).json({ error: "Missing authorization header" });
}
try {
const payload = verifyAccessToken(header.slice(7));
req.user = payload;
next();
} catch (error) {
if (error instanceof jwt.TokenExpiredError) {
return res.status(401).json({ error: "Token expired" });
}
return res.status(401).json({ error: "Invalid token" });
}
}
function authorize(...roles: string[]) {
return (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
if (!req.user) return res.status(401).json({ error: "Not authenticated" });
if (!roles.some(role => req.user.roles.includes(role))) {
return res.status(403).json({ error: "Insufficient permissions" });
}
next();
};
}
app.get("/admin/users", authenticate, authorize("admin"), listUsers);import crypto from "crypto";
function generatePKCE() {
const verifier = crypto.randomBytes(32).toString("base64url");
const challenge = crypto
.createHash("sha256")
.update(verifier)
.digest("base64url");
return { verifier, challenge };
}
app.get("/auth/login", (req, res) => {
const { verifier, challenge } = generatePKCE();
req.session.codeVerifier = verifier;
const params = new URLSearchParams({
response_type: "code",
client_id: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_ID!,
redirect_uri: `${process.env.APP_URL}/auth/callback`,
scope: "openid profile email",
code_challenge: challenge,
code_challenge_method: "S256",
state: crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex"),
});
res.redirect(`${process.env.OAUTH_AUTHORIZE_URL}?${params}`);
});
app.get("/auth/callback", async (req, res) => {
const { code } = req.query;
const tokenResponse = await fetch(process.env.OAUTH_TOKEN_URL!, {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
body: new URLSearchParams({
grant_type: "authorization_code",
code: code as string,
redirect_uri: `${process.env.APP_URL}/auth/callback`,
client_id: process.env.OAUTH_CLIENT_ID!,
code_verifier: req.session.codeVerifier,
}),
});
const tokens = await tokenResponse.json();
const userInfo = jwt.decode(tokens.id_token);
req.session.user = { id: userInfo.sub, email: userInfo.email };
res.redirect("/dashboard");
});interface Permission {
resource: string;
action: "create" | "read" | "update" | "delete";
}
const ROLE_PERMISSIONS: Record<string, Permission[]> = {
viewer: [
{ resource: "posts", action: "read" },
{ resource: "comments", action: "read" },
],
editor: [
{ resource: "posts", action: "create" },
{ resource: "posts", action: "read" },
{ resource: "posts", action: "update" },
{ resource: "comments", action: "create" },
{ resource: "comments", action: "read" },
],
admin: [
{ resource: "*", action: "create" },
{ resource: "*", action: "read" },
{ resource: "*", action: "update" },
{ resource: "*", action: "delete" },
],
};
function hasPermission(roles: string[], resource: string, action: string): boolean {
return roles.some(role =>
ROLE_PERMISSIONS[role]?.some(
p => (p.resource === resource || p.resource === "*") && p.action === action
)
);
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