Better integration of JWT for custom auth in SG as Proxy - Tutorial + Idea

[Thiago Alencar]

Hey there,

I noticed quite a few people having trouble setting up the initial authentication with custom auth, so I thought: why not expand on the idea of the extra handler/hook in sync_gateway, as described here: 

https://github.com/couchbase/sync_gateway/wiki/Custom-Auth-Proxy#related

But provide integrated support for JWT out of the box? There are JTW libraries for go, so I believe code changes would be minimal. I still have to learn go though. Maybe some more experienced developers could take a look at this?

I've explained the situation in more detail here (text is extensive > skip to implementation number 3 - Own Authenticated Server + JWT): 

http://ti.eng.br/couchbase-mobile-with-jwt-tokens/

Either if its implemented or not, in that article I try to clarify such questions (sessions, tokens, etc). Hope it helps somebody, feedback is welcome.

If it does get implemented, I think its a double-win: users get the authentication issue solved for both replication AND standard REST calls, also in a simpler way.

BR/Thiago

[Traun Leyden]

Thanks.  This looks great!

@Jamlitz you should definitely check this out.

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