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# JWT Login Type
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Synapse comes with a non-standard login type to support
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[JSON Web Tokens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Web_Token). In general the
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documentation for
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[the login endpoint](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#login)
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is still valid (and the mechanism works similarly to the
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[token based login](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#token-based)).
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To log in using a JSON Web Token, clients should submit a `/login` request as
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follows:
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```json
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{
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"type": "org.matrix.login.jwt",
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"token": "<jwt>"
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}
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```
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The `token` field should include the JSON web token with the following claims:
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* A claim that encodes the local part of the user ID is required. By default,
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the `sub` (subject) claim is used, or a custom claim can be set in the
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configuration file.
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* The expiration time (`exp`), not before time (`nbf`), and issued at (`iat`)
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claims are optional, but validated if present.
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* The issuer (`iss`) claim is optional, but required and validated if configured.
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* The audience (`aud`) claim is optional, but required and validated if configured.
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Providing the audience claim when not configured will cause validation to fail.
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In the case that the token is not valid, the homeserver must respond with
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`403 Forbidden` and an error code of `M_FORBIDDEN`.
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As with other login types, there are additional fields (e.g. `device_id` and
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`initial_device_display_name`) which can be included in the above request.
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## Preparing Synapse
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The JSON Web Token integration in Synapse uses the
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[`PyJWT`](https://pypi.org/project/pyjwt/) library, which must be installed
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as follows:
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* The relevant libraries are included in the Docker images and Debian packages
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provided by `matrix.org` so no further action is needed.
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* If you installed Synapse into a virtualenv, run `/path/to/env/bin/pip
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install synapse[pyjwt]` to install the necessary dependencies.
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* For other installation mechanisms, see the documentation provided by the
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maintainer.
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To enable the JSON web token integration, you should then add an `jwt_config` section
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to your configuration file (or uncomment the `enabled: true` line in the
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existing section). See [sample_config.yaml](./sample_config.yaml) for some
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sample settings.
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## How to test JWT as a developer
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Although JSON Web Tokens are typically generated from an external server, the
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examples below use [PyJWT](https://pyjwt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) directly.
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1. Configure Synapse with JWT logins, note that this example uses a pre-shared
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secret and an algorithm of HS256:
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```yaml
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jwt_config:
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enabled: true
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secret: "my-secret-token"
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algorithm: "HS256"
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```
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2. Generate a JSON web token:
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```bash
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$ pyjwt --key=my-secret-token --alg=HS256 encode sub=test-user
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eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0LXVzZXIifQ.Ag71GT8v01UO3w80aqRPTeuVPBIBZkYhNTJJ-_-zQIc
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```
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3. Query for the login types and ensure `org.matrix.login.jwt` is there:
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```bash
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curl http://localhost:8080/_matrix/client/r0/login
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```
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4. Login used the generated JSON web token from above:
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```bash
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$ curl http://localhost:8082/_matrix/client/r0/login -X POST \
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--data '{"type":"org.matrix.login.jwt","token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0LXVzZXIifQ.Ag71GT8v01UO3w80aqRPTeuVPBIBZkYhNTJJ-_-zQIc"}'
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{
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"access_token": "<access token>",
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"device_id": "ACBDEFGHI",
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"home_server": "localhost:8080",
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"user_id": "@test-user:localhost:8480"
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}
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```
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You should now be able to use the returned access token to query the client API.
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