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Authentication & Guards

JWT Strategy

// jwt.strategy.ts
import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
import { PassportStrategy } from '@nestjs/passport';
import { ExtractJwt, Strategy } from 'passport-jwt';
import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';

@Injectable()
export class JwtStrategy extends PassportStrategy(Strategy) {
  constructor(private config: ConfigService) {
    super({
      jwtFromRequest: ExtractJwt.fromAuthHeaderAsBearerToken(),
      ignoreExpiration: false,
      secretOrKey: config.get('JWT_SECRET'),
    });
  }

  async validate(payload: { sub: string; email: string; role: string }) {
    return { userId: payload.sub, email: payload.email, role: payload.role };
  }
}

JWT Auth Guard

// jwt-auth.guard.ts
import { Injectable, ExecutionContext, UnauthorizedException } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AuthGuard } from '@nestjs/passport';
import { Reflector } from '@nestjs/core';

@Injectable()
export class JwtAuthGuard extends AuthGuard('jwt') {
  constructor(private reflector: Reflector) {
    super();
  }

  canActivate(context: ExecutionContext) {
    const isPublic = this.reflector.get<boolean>('isPublic', context.getHandler());
    if (isPublic) return true;
    return super.canActivate(context);
  }

  handleRequest(err: any, user: any) {
    if (err || !user) {
      throw err || new UnauthorizedException('Invalid token');
    }
    return user;
  }
}

// Public decorator
export const Public = () => SetMetadata('isPublic', true);

Roles Guard

// roles.decorator.ts
export const Roles = (...roles: string[]) => SetMetadata('roles', roles);

// roles.guard.ts
@Injectable()
export class RolesGuard implements CanActivate {
  constructor(private reflector: Reflector) {}

  canActivate(context: ExecutionContext): boolean {
    const roles = this.reflector.getAllAndOverride<string[]>('roles', [
      context.getHandler(),
      context.getClass(),
    ]);
    if (!roles) return true;

    const { user } = context.switchToHttp().getRequest();
    return roles.includes(user.role);
  }
}

// Usage
@UseGuards(JwtAuthGuard, RolesGuard)
@Roles('admin')
@Get('admin')
adminEndpoint() {}

Auth Service

@Injectable()
export class AuthService {
  constructor(
    private usersService: UsersService,
    private jwtService: JwtService,
  ) {}

  async validateUser(email: string, password: string): Promise<User | null> {
    const user = await this.usersService.findByEmail(email);
    if (user && await bcrypt.compare(password, user.password)) {
      return user;
    }
    return null;
  }

  async login(user: User) {
    const payload = { sub: user.id, email: user.email, role: user.role };
    return {
      access_token: this.jwtService.sign(payload),
      refresh_token: this.jwtService.sign(payload, { expiresIn: '7d' }),
    };
  }

  async register(dto: CreateUserDto) {
    const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(dto.password, 10);
    return this.usersService.create({ ...dto, password: hashedPassword });
  }
}

Auth Module Setup

@Module({
  imports: [
    PassportModule.register({ defaultStrategy: 'jwt' }),
    JwtModule.registerAsync({
      inject: [ConfigService],
      useFactory: (config: ConfigService) => ({
        secret: config.get('JWT_SECRET'),
        signOptions: { expiresIn: '15m' },
      }),
    }),
    UsersModule,
  ],
  providers: [AuthService, JwtStrategy],
  exports: [AuthService],
})
export class AuthModule {}

Apply Guards Globally

// app.module.ts
@Module({
  providers: [
    { provide: APP_GUARD, useClass: JwtAuthGuard },
    { provide: APP_GUARD, useClass: RolesGuard },
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

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