JWT JSON Web Tokens and Omnis Studio

[Bastiaan Olij]

Hey Reg,

Been awhile since I did my implementation but it was pretty straight 
forward.
JSON Web Tokens are basically 2 JSON segments, one identifying the hash 
algorithm and one with your actual data (and a few mandatory fields).
You base64 both documents and concatenate them. Then create a hash and 
base64 the outcome.
Concatenate all 3 base64 strings and you have your token.

The encryption information and your data aren't actually encrypted and 
anyone who has the token can just decode them using base64 so don't put 
anything secret in there. It's the 3rd part which encodes the hash which 
allows you to verify the data came from a known source as only the 
source and destination have the secret key.

Now I did the hashing in PostgreSQL with its crypto library, not in 
Omnis, I'm not 100% sure if Omnis can do the required hash.

See more: https://jwt.io/

Cheers,

Bas

On 6/7/2021 11:01 PM, Reg Paling wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I need to work with JSON Web Tokens, specifically to generate them and 
> sign them.
>
> Any recommendations for the sweetest approach in Studio 10.2?
>
> Thanks
> Reg
>
>
>
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Bastiaan Olij
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