Authentication request

The function authenticate() decrypts a JSON webtoken using a public key. Returns TRUE if the request is granted to JAMES.

Usage

authenticate(authToken = NULL, pubkey = NULL, ...)

Arguments

authToken

String containing the JSON Web Token (JWT)

pubkey

Path or object with RSA or EC public key. When not given, JAMES will search internally for the public key.

...

Not used

Value

A boolean

Author

Arjan Huizing, Stef van Buuren 2021

Examples

key <- openssl::rsa_keygen(bits = 2048)
pubkey <- as.list(key)$pubkey
claim <- jose::jwt_claim(data = list(applications = "james;srm;psycat"))
jwt <- jose::jwt_encode_sig(claim, key = key)
james:::authenticate(jwt, pubkey)