spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-security

Add Bearer Token Test Support

Open
#7,528 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

in: test type: enhancement
Dominant language
Java
Stars
9.6k
Forks
6.3k
Avg merge
2d 11h
Merged PRs (30d)
52

Description

Related to https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-security/issues/6634

Testing authentication flows that include a JWT is straight-forward:

this.mvc.perform(get("/")
    .with(jwt(jwt -> jwt.subject("subject"))));

It'd be nice to have Resource Server support that doesn't care about the format"

this.mvc.perform(get("/")
    .with(bearer(b -> b.subject("subject"))));

While the first produces a JwtAuthenticationToken and Jwt principal, the second would produce a BearerTokenAuthentication and a OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the existing jwt(jwt -> ...) MVC test-support entry point and the Resource Server behavior described in the issue. Trace how the JWT form produces JwtAuthenticationToken and Jwt, then define the corresponding bearer form for BearerTokenAuthentication and OAuth2AuthenticatedPrincipal. Done means authentication-flow tests can use bearer(...) without depending on JWT format.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
authentication, security, testing
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.