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Add JWT Authentication support
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in: oauth2
type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
It would be nice if Spring Security supported REST APIs issuing self-signed JWTs.
One use case that is quite common is for a REST API to first exchange a username and password for a JWT. That JWT is then used to authenticate subsequent requests.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked spring-security-samples servlet/spring-boot/java/jwt/login example and the issue discussion to understand the requested authentication flow. Done means Spring Security supports exchanging username and password for a self-signed JWT and using that JWT for subsequent REST API requests, with the scope and design agreed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spring
- Domain
- api, authentication, backend, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100