Logging in with a token instead of a username and password

1

Is there a way to log in using a token?

So here is a short example of logging in with a “Username-Password-Authentication” “realm”. Assume that the authClient setup is all set up well.

 const AUTH_REALM = "Username-Password-Authentication";

 authClient.auth0.login(
    {
      realm: AUTH_REALM,
      email,
      password
    },
    (err) => {
      resolve();
      if (err) {
        console.log(err);
        reject(err);
      }
    }
  );

I’d like a way to use a token retrieved from Auth0 to do the same function so it would look something like:

 const TOKEN_REALM = "Token-Authentication";

 authClient.auth0.login(
    {
      realm: TOKEN_REALM ,
      token
    },
    (err) => {
      resolve();
      if (err) {
        console.log(err);
        reject(err);
      }
    }
  );

For context, I’d like to use this so that after I verify a user, I also log them in using the token that is provided. I, of course, don’t have access to the password.

2

Hello!

I’ve got your problem. We’ll give you a response as soon as possible.

Lada Kokotova | Technical Support Engineer

3

Where do you get this token from?

4

The token is a jwt signed token with this information:

const token = jwt.sign(
  {
    user: {
      auth0UserId: user.auth0UserId,
      id: user.id,
      email: user.email
     }
  },
  "<JWTsecret>"

)

So I don’t necessarily need to authenticate with just the token itself, but I want a way to perhaps parse data from it, have a token with specific information inside that would allow me to log a user in after activating

5

I still cannot understand for what purpose it is needed. Can you describe your flow, please?
Anyway, you can use on client-side something like this:

const authClient = Auth.createClient(...)
// ....
const setToken = (token) => {
  authClient.setState({ token });
};

at this case there will be no interaction with a third API
for authorized verification you can use authClient.checkIsAuthorized