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Creating Citadel JWTs

Overview​

When testing out the sample applications included as part of the Todo or Simple RBAC quickstarts, you will need to pass in an authorization header with a JWT for the user. These samples all use the Citadel Demo IDP, which contains five users based on the Rick & Morty cartoon. Aserto provides an API for creating Citadel access tokens, which can easily be invoked via curl.

Creating a token​

To create a token use the following curl:

curl -X POST \
  --url https://aserto-console-backend.eng.aserto.com/api/v1/dex/token \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "username": "<email>",
    "password": "<password>"
}'

The JSON response contains an access token and an ID token. You'll want to use the access token.

{"access_token":"eyJh...","token_type":"bearer","expires_in":86399,"id_token":"eyJh..."}
tip

On a Mac, you can automatically copy the token into the clipboard, by using the jq and pbcopy commands. If you do not have jq you can install it using brew or follow the instructions here. Then use the following curl:

curl -X POST \
  --url https://aserto-console-backend.eng.aserto.com/api/v1/dex/token \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "username": "<email>",
    "password": "<password>"
}' | jq -r '.access_token' | pbcopy

Example​

As an example, assume we we want to test out the resource API in the Simple RBAC demo application, and see if Morty is able to delete a mega-seed.

Creating the token​

First we'll issue the curl to create Morty's token:

curl -X POST \
  --url https://aserto-console-backend.eng.aserto.com/api/v1/dex/token \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "username": "morty@the-citadel.com",
    "password": "V@erySecre#t123!"
}'

We'll get back a response similar to the following with the token.

{"access_token":"eyJ...","token_type":"bearer","expires_in":86399,"id_token":"eyJ..."}

Using the token​

Copy the access_token and use it with the DELETE curl request.

curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3001/resource/mega-seed \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ...'

You should receive the following response indicating the request was successful.

Hello from DELETE /resource/mega-seed