No token being sent with request - vue.js

I have a Vuex action that gets run each time a page loads (not router.push), this function seems to run fine in the sense that it checks for a token and if the token exists it moves on. My issue is that I am dispatching another action which requires this token.
Okay so a bit clearer, I am using Axios with Vue.js to send API request. I have the authorization header set to a Vuex store value in my main.js file. I then have my App.uve load which triggers a default action to run which checks for the existance of a token (JWT). This default action also dispatches another action called storeUser which sends off a GET request to a user info API endpoint. When sending this user info API call I am seeing on my back end that it is not an authorized API call. Checking into the headers I need the authorization header is undefined. Below is what I believe to be the relavent code.
Default action that runs on App.vue load
tryAutoLogin({commit, dispatch}) {
const token = localStorage.getItem('token')
if(!token) {return}
commit('authUser',{
token
})
dispatch('storeUser')
},
second action that is causing the issue
storeUser({commit, state}, userData) {
if(!state.token) return
axios.get('/user/userInfo')
.then(res => {
console.log(res)
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err)
})
},
main.js needed parts
import store from './store/store.js'
axios.defaults.headers.common['Authorization'] = store.token
new Vue({
render: h => h(App),
store,
router
}).$mount('#app')
I cut out a ton in main.js to make it cleaner but those are the related parts to this issue. I don't think that there is anything else.
store.js state
state: {
token: null,
name: '',
companyName: ''
},

Thanks to Phil in the comments on the OP I have the below code working.
axios.interceptors.request.use(function (config) {
config.headers.Authorization = store.state.token;
return config;
}, function (error) {
return Promise.reject(error);
});

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react native setState inside an async asyncStorage function

I am using the expo-auth-session package to make a request to the Spotify API to get access tokens, then saving to AsyncStorage.
A save function that stores the token in AsyncStorage:
const save = async (token) => {
try{
AsyncStorage.setItem('access_token', token)
}
catch(error){
console.log(error)
}
}
A getItem function that gets the access token value from AsyncStorage, and sets that value to the spotifyAccessToken state
const [spotifyAccessToken, setSpotifyAccessToken] = useState('');
const getItem = async () => {
try{
const token = await AsyncStorage.getItem('access_token')
setSpotifyAccessToken(token);
}
catch(error){
console.log(error)
}
}
Using the useAuthRequest from expo-auth-session to make a request to Spotify API, the request code below works.
const discovery = {
authorizationEndpoint: 'https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize',
tokenEndpoint: "https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token"
};
const [request, response, promptAsync] = useAuthRequest({
// responseType: ResponseType.Token,
responseType: 'code',
clientId: client_id,
//clientSecret: client_secret,
scopes: ['user-read-recently-played'],
usePKCE: false,
redirectUri: REDIRECT_URI
}, discovery)
useEffect(() => {
if (response?.type === 'success'){
//console.log(response.params.code);
axios.request({
method: 'POST',
url: 'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token',
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
Authorization: `Basic ${new Buffer.from(`${client_id}:${client_secret}`).toString('base64')}`,
},
data: {
grant_type: 'authorization_code',
code: response.params.code,
redirect_uri: REDIRECT_URI
}
}).then(res => {
save(res.data.access_token);
}).catch(err => {console.log(err)})
}
},
[response]);
A button that triggers the user to login using Spotify account, after authenticating, it redirects back to this component screen, however, I want the text below the button to be displayed from "Loading..." to the spotifyAccessToken immediately after it redirects to the component screen, but it wouldn't. After I re-run my application, the token is displayed, which means it was successfully stored in AsyncStorage, but didn't update the state immediately. How can solve this? Thanks.
const [spotifyAccessToken, setSpotifyAccessToken] = useState(null);
useEffect(()=>{
//clearTokens();
// console.log('storage: ' + getValueForfor('access_token'))
// console.log('state: ' + spotifyAccessToken)
getItem()
}, [spotifyAccessToken])
<Button title='login to spotify' onPress={() => promptAsync()}/>
{spotifyAccessToken != '' ? <Text> {spotifyAccessToken} </Text> : <Text> Loading... </Text>}
This might be happening if you are redirecting to the component with getItem too early: before the AsyncStorage is done saving the token. Due to this, at the initial render of the component(with getItem), AsyncStorage.getItem might be getting the old value of access_token and not the updated one.
To possibly fix this issue, try redirecting to the next component only after AsyncStorage.setItem promise is resolved completely. Something like this:
This is how your save function should look like: it should return a Promise value:
const save = async (token) => {
try{
await AsyncStorage.setItem('access_token', token)
}
catch(error){
console.log(error)
}
}
And redirect to the next component after the save return promise value is resolved:
...
).then(async (res) => {
await save(res.data.access_token);
// Redirect here, after save is resolved
})...
Answering the question you asked in the comments to this answer:
it's not working still, you said that the save function should return a promise value, where in the code should I put it
Using await for a Promise makes the function wait till the promise is resolved (here when setItem is done). You do not need to explicitly return a Promise value from the async function in this case. If you do not use await, the function will return prematurely (without waiting for the setItem promise). The setItem promise will still resolve concurrently just that your code wouldn't be able to know when it is resolved.
By using await for setItem here, you just propagate promise resolution to the calling function(here in the then(res => {...}) block).
In the then(res => {}) block you can either use await to wait for the save to complete before executing the next statement. Or use then/catch and add the next statement to execute after save is done in the then block.
Edit: As OP mentioned in the comments below, the redirection to the next component is done automatically. Well, in this case, setting the value in AsyncStorage and immediately getting it in the next component might not work as expected because of the above-mentioned reason.
First, you will need to check if the auto-redirection to the next component is really done after the axios request completes or before it, i.e. as soon as response?.type === 'success'. I am unable to understand why you have made the axios request after you already got success from auth request
If the redirection is happening before the axios request call then you might be able to access the token in the success condition itself:
if (response?.type === 'success'){
// Check if the token is available here?
console.debug(`Response = ${JSON.stringify(response)}`);
// If token is available here itself, then why is the axios request required?
// Save the token here itself...
// Use SessionStorage if required, implementation explained below in the answer
...
}
If you confirmed the above and the auto-redirection is really done after the axios request and NOT after response?.type === 'success' then:
You could use react-native-session-storage as volatile storage to set and get the token in the same session and use AsyncStorage in parallel to it to set and get the token in/from persistent memory.
So, the save function will look like this with SessionStorage:
import SessionStorage from 'react-native-session-storage';
...
const save = async (token) => {
try{
// Set token in SessionStorage as well to allow access to the value immediately
SessionStorage.setItem(`access_token`, token);
// Store token to AsyncStorage to persist it when the app closes.
await AsyncStorage.setItem('access_token', token);
}
catch(error){
console.log(error)
}
}
And getItem function will look like this:
import SessionStorage from 'react-native-session-storage';
...
const getItem = async () => {
try{
let token = await AsyncStorage.getItem('access_token');
// If the token is not yet set in Async Storage, fetch it from Session Storage
// If it's set in Async Storage, use that value
if(!token) // If it's null
token = SessionStorage.getItem('access_token');
setSpotifyAccessToken(token);
// Don't forget to clear both SessionStorage and AsyncStorage on logout!
}
catch(error){
console.log(error)
}
}
Why both storages?
AsyncStorage
-> to persist the token when the user re-opens the app.
SessionStorage
-> as an immediate way to R/W the value during the same session (gets cleared when the app closes).
Another solution:
Use ContextProvider, if your code structure allows it. Wrap the context over the next component to "listen" to token value state change from anywhere in the children components.

Vue 3, Vue Router 4 Navigation Guards and Pinia store

I'm trying to create an Vue 3 with app with JWT authentication and meet an issue with guarding the router using "isAuth" variable from Pinia store to check the access. Eventually Vue router and app in whole loads faster than the Store, that's why I'm always getting "unauthorized" value from the store, but in fact user is logged in and his data is in store.
I'll try to describe all the steps that are made to register and login user.
Registration is made to NodeJS backend and JWT token is created.
On the login screen user enters email and password, if info is valid he will be logged in and JWT will be saved to localstorage and decoded through JWTdecode, decoded token data will be saved to the store in user variable, and isAuth variable set to true.
Pinia store has 2 fields in state: user(initially null), and isAuth(initially false).
In the main App component I'm using async onMounted hook to check the token and keep user logged in by calling the API method, which compares JWT.
In the Vue router i have several routes that must be protected from the unauthorized users, that's why I'm trying to create navigation guards for them by checking the user information from the store. Problem is, router is created after the setting user info and is always getting the initial state of the user and isAuth variables.
Code:
Store
import { defineStore } from 'pinia';
export const useLoggedInUserStore = defineStore({
id: 'loggedInUser',
state: () => ({
isAuth: false,
user: null
}),
getters: {
getisAuth(state) {
return state.isAuth;
},
getUser(state) {
return state.user;
}
},
actions: {
setUser(user) {
this.user = user;
},
setAuth(boolean) {
this.isAuth = boolean;
}
}
});
App.vue onMounted
onMounted(async () => {
await checkUser()
.then((data) => {
isLoading.value = true;
if (data) {
setUser(data);
setAuth(true);
} else {
router.push({ name: 'Login' });
}
})
.finally((isLoading.value = false));
});
Router guard sample
router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
const store = useLoggedInUserStore();
if (!store.isAuth && to.name !== 'Login') next({ name: 'Login' });
else next();
});
I feel that problem is with this async checking, but can't figure out how to rewrite it to load store before the app initialization.
I hope that somebody meet this problem too and can help.
Thanks in advance!
So I just met this problem and fixed it thanks to this solution
As it says, the router gets instantiated before App.vue is fully mounted so check the token in beforeEach instead, like:
router.beforeEach(async (to, from, next): Promise<void> => {
const user = useUser();
await user.get();
console.log(user) // user is defined
if (to.meta.requiresAuth && !user.isLoggedIn) next({ name: "home" }); // this will work
By the way instead of having an action setAuth you could just use your getter isAuth checking if user is not null, like:
isAuth: (state) => state.user !== null
Also it's not recommended to store a JWT in the local storage as if you're site is exposed to XSS attacks the token can be stolen. You should at least store it in an HttpOnly cookie (meaning it's not accessible from JavaScript), it's super easy to do with Express.

Nuxt: Fetching data only on server side

I am using Github's API to fetch the list of my pinned repositories, and I put the call in the AsyncData method so that I have the list on the first render. But I just learnt that AsyncData is called once on ServerSide, then everytime the page is loaded on the client. That means that the client no longer has the token to make API calls, and anyways, I wouldn't let my Github token in the client.
And when I switch page (from another page to the page with the list) the data is not there I just have the default empty array
I can't figure out what is the best way to be sure that my data is always loaded on server side ?
export default defineComponent({
name: 'Index',
components: { GithubProject, Socials },
asyncData(context: Context) {
return context.$axios.$post<Query<UserPinnedRepositoriesQuery>>('https://api.github.com/graphql', {
query,
}, {
headers: {
// Token is defined on the server, but not on the client
Authorization: `bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`,
},
})
.then((data) => ({ projects: data.data.user.pinnedItems.nodes }))
.catch(() => {});
},
setup() {
const projects = ref<Repository[]>([]);
return {
projects,
};
},
});
Wrap your request in if(process.server) within the asyncData method of the page.
If you absolutely require the server-side to call and cannot do it from the client side, then you can just manipulate the location.href to force the page to do a full load.
You should use Vuex with nuxtServerInit.
nuxtServerInit will fire always on first page load no matter on what page you are. So you should navigate first to store/index.js.
After that you create an state:
export const state = () => ({
data: []
})
Now you create the action that is always being executed whenever you refresh the page. Nuxt have access to the store even if its on the server side.
Now you need to get the data from the store in your component:
export const actions = {
async nuxtServerInit ({ state }, { req }) {
let response = await axios.get("some/path/...");
state.data = response.data;
}
}
You can store your token in an cookie. Cookies are on the client side but the nuxtServerInit has an second argument. The request req. With that you are able to access the headers and there is your cookie aswell.
let cookie = req.headers.cookie;

VueJS set axios header persist

I've had a problem which my vuex state's only lasts for web page refresh. Once web page is refreshed, data in the vuex store is vanished.
For overcome that I've used nice pluggin called Vuex persistestate
Now my vuex is persist.
But still I've a issue with the axios authorization header. I've set auth header in axios login action like this
actions: {
login({ commit }, payload) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
try {
axios.defaults.headers.common.Authorization = payload.token;
commit('setUser', payload);
resolve();
} catch (error) {
reject();
}
});
},
},
But this auth headers value got undefined if I hit the refresh button. How do I overcome this problem?
It's because in the last session you called login and it saves the token in your axios instance. On refresh, the headers setting is gone. Vuex persisted state only save your Vuex, and your token is not in your Vuex.
I use js-cookie here.
// login action
...
axios.defaults.headers.common.Authorization = payload.token;
Cookies.set('token, payload.token);
commit('setUser', payload);
resolve();
...
// Put it somewhere in the entry of your application, e.g: `main.js`, `App.vue`.
axios.defaults.headers.common.Authorization = Cookies.get(token);

Middleware executing before Vuex Store restore from localstorage

In nuxtjs project, I created an auth middleware to protect page.
and using vuex-persistedstate (also tried vuex-persist and nuxt-vuex-persist) to persist vuex store.
Everything is working fine when navigating from page to page, but when i refresh page or directly land to protected route, it redirect me to login page.
localStorage plugin
import createPersistedState from 'vuex-persistedstate'
export default ({ store }) => {
createPersistedState({
key: 'store-key'
})(store)
}
auth middleware
export default function ({ req, store, redirect, route }) {
const userIsLoggedIn = !!store.state.auth.user
if (!userIsLoggedIn) {
return redirect(`/auth/login?redirect=${route.fullPath}`)
}
return Promise.resolve()
}
I solved this problem by using this plugin vuex-persistedstate instead of the vuex-persist plugin. It seems there's some bug (or probably design architecture) in vuex-persist that's causing it.
With the Current approach, we will always fail.
Actual Problem is Vuex Store can never be sync with server side Vuex store.
The fact is we only need data string to be sync with client and server (token).
We can achieve this synchronization with Cookies. because cookies automatically pass to every request from browser. So we don't need to set to any request. Either you just hit the URL from browser address bar or through navigation.
I recommend using module 'cookie-universal-nuxt' for set and remove of cookies.
For Setting cookie after login
this.$cookies.set('token', 'Bearer '+response.tokens.access_token, { path: '/', maxAge: 60 * 60 * 12 })
For Removing cookie on logout
this.$cookies.remove('token')
Please go through the docs for better understanding.
Also I'm using #nuxt/http module for api request.
Now nuxt has a function called nuxtServerInit() in vuex store index file. You should use it to retrieve the token from request and set to http module headers.
async nuxtServerInit ({dispatch, commit}, {app, $http, req}) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let token = app.$cookies.get('token')
if(!!token) {
$http.setToken(token, 'Bearer')
}
return resolve(true)
})
},
Below is my nuxt page level middleware
export default function ({app, req, store, redirect, route, context }) {
if(process.server) {
let token = app.$cookies.get('token')
if(!token) {
return redirect({path: '/auth/login', query: {redirect: route.fullPath, message: 'Token Not Provided'}})
} else if(!isTokenValid(token.slice(7))) { // slice(7) used to trim Bearer(space)
return redirect({path: '/auth/login', query: {redirect: route.fullPath, message: 'Token Expired'}})
}
return Promise.resolve()
}
else {
const userIsLoggedIn = !!store.state.auth.user
if (!userIsLoggedIn) {
return redirect({path: '/auth/login', query: {redirect: route.fullPath}})
// return redirect(`/auth/login?redirect=${route.fullPath}`)
} else if (!isTokenValid(store.state.auth.tokens.access_token)) {
return redirect({path: '/auth/login', query: {redirect: route.fullPath, message: 'Token Expired'}})
// return redirect(`/auth/login?redirect=${route.fullPath}&message=Token Expired`)
} else if (isTokenValid(store.state.auth.tokens.refresh_token)) {
return redirect(`/auth/refresh`)
} else if (store.state.auth.user.role !== 'admin')
return redirect(`/403?message=Not having sufficient permission`)
return Promise.resolve()
}
}
I have write different condition for with different source of token, as in code. On Server Process i'm getting token from cookies and on client getting token store. (Here we can also get from cookies)
After this you may get Some hydration issue because of store data binding in layout. To overcome this issue use <no-ssr></no-ssr> wrapping for such type of template code.