Kuzzle getUser by JWT Token generated early

Question

I have Integrated kuzzle in ReactJS app using Kuzzle-SDK

Everything works Fine first. I Login using kuzzle.auth.login('local', credentials) and save the JWT Token in localStorage and kuzzle.auth.getCurrentUser() return

{
  "profileIds": [
    "admin"
  ],
  "_kuzzle_info": {
    "author": "usamaashraf82",
    "createdAt": 1573960408796,
    "updatedAt": null,
    "updater": null
  }
}

After refreshing the Browser

I try to kuzzle.auth.checkToken();and it returns {valid: true, expiresAt: 1540824822897 } and i try to kuzzle.auth.getCurrentUser() but then its return

{
  "profileIds": [
    "anonymous"
  ],
  "name": "Anonymous"
}

I want to Ask what I am doing Wrong or How I can solve it

Aschen · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-20T17:14:20.170

The kuzzle.auth.checkToken method is only meant to check a token validity.

If you want to use a previously acquired token, you can set the kuzzle.jwt property with the corresponding token. (See Kuzzle properties documentation).

const token = await kuzzle.auth.login('local', credentials);
// [...]
kuzzle.jwt = token;
await kuzzle.auth.getCurrentUser(); // now loggued with the user corresponding to the token

Please consider that storing authentication token in the browser localstorage is usually a bad idea because almost every script included in you webpage will be able to read them and connect without your user knowledge.

Surely you meant "checkToken is only meant to check a token's validity"? :-) — scottinet, Nov 19 '19 at 08:19

Kuzzle getUser by JWT Token generated early

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