Check for validity of a token

[Niks]

Hi,

I am using Vault for transit backend with a file store for storage backend.

I need to use HTTP api to check if a token is valid or not, before using it to encrypt/decrypt. Is there any rest and point to check this in Vault?

If yes, please also let me know the request body required. 

Thanks.

Niks

[Jason Antman]

Niks,

Assuming you have access to the token itself, you can use the /auth/token/lookup-self API endpoint, which will either return 403 if the token is invalid/expired or a response including the token lifetime, policies, etc.

The request is a GET with no body/parameters other than authentication with the token in question. For information on the API endpoint, see https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/auth/token.html

-Jason

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[Niks]

Great. Thanks Jason. This was exactly what I needed.

Niks