Functionally testing a JWT protected api

Configuration

Generate some test specific keys, for example:

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        $ openssl genrsa -out config/jwt/private-test.pem -aes256 4096
$ openssl rsa -pubout -in config/jwt/private-test.pem -out config/jwt/public-test.pem
    

Override the bundle configuration in your config_test.yml :

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        # config/test/lexik_jwt_authentication.yaml
lexik_jwt_authentication:
    secret_key: '%kernel.project_dir%/config/jwt/private-test.pem'
    public_key: '%kernel.project_dir%/config/jwt/public-test.pem'
    

Protip: You might want to commit those keys if you intend to run your test on a CI server.

Usage

Create an authenticated client:

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        /**
 * Create a client with a default Authorization header.
 *
 * @param string $username
 * @param string $password
 *
 * @return \Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Client
 */
protected function createAuthenticatedClient($username = 'user', $password = 'password')
{
    $client = static::createClient();
    $client->request(
      'POST',
      '/api/login_check',
      [],
      [],
      ['CONTENT_TYPE' => 'application/json'],
      json_encode([
        '_username' => $username,
        '_password' => $password,
      ])
    );

    $data = json_decode($client->getResponse()->getContent(), true);

    $client->setServerParameter('HTTP_Authorization', sprintf('Bearer %s', $data['token']));

    return $client;
}

/**
 * test getPagesAction
 */
public function testGetPages()
{
    $client = $this->createAuthenticatedClient();
    $client->request('GET', '/api/pages');
    // ...
}
    

Or manually generate a JWT token for end-to-end testing:

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        use Lexik\Bundle\JWTAuthenticationBundle\Encoder\JWTEncoderInterface;

protected static function createAuthenticatedClient(array $claims)
{
    $client = self::createClient();
    $encoder = $client->getContainer()->get(JWTEncoderInterface::class);

    $client->setServerParameter('HTTP_Authorization', sprintf('Bearer %s', $encoder->encode($claims)));

    return $client;
}
    

This work, including the code samples, is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.

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