improvements to nbf and jti claims

README.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ encoded private key for RSA and ECDSA.
 
 * `algorithm` (default: `HS256`)
 * `expiresIn`: expressed in seconds or an string describing a time span [rauchg/ms](https://github.com/rauchg/ms.js). Eg: `60`, `"2 days"`, `"10h"`, `"7d"`
-* `notBeforeMinutes` or `notBeforeSeconds`
+* `notBefore`: expressed in seconds or an string describing a time span [rauchg/ms](https://github.com/rauchg/ms.js). Eg: `60`, `"2 days"`, `"10h"`, `"7d"`
 * `audience`
 * `subject`
 * `issuer`
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ encoded public key for RSA and ECDSA.
 * `audience`: if you want to check audience (`aud`), provide a value here
 * `issuer`: if you want to check issuer (`iss`), provide a value here
 * `ignoreExpiration`: if `true` do not validate the expiration of the token.
-*  `ignoreNotBefore`...
-* `jwtid`: if you want to check JWT ID (`jti`), provide a value here
+* `ignoreNotBefore`...
 * `subject`: if you want to check subject (`sub`), provide a value here
 
 ```js

index.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var jws = require('jws');
 var ms = require('ms');
+var timespan = require('./lib/timespan');
 
 var JWT = module.exports;
 
@@ -57,13 +58,12 @@ JWT.sign = function(payload, secretOrPrivateKey, options, callback) {
   if (!options.noTimestamp) {
     payload.iat = payload.iat || timestamp;
   }
-
-  var notBeforeSeconds = options.notBeforeMinutes ?
-      options.notBeforeMinutes * 60 :
-      options.notBeforeSeconds;
-
-  if (notBeforeSeconds) {
-      payload.nbf = timestamp + notBeforeSeconds;
+
+  if (options.notBefore) {
+    payload.nbf = timespan(options.notBefore);
+    if (typeof payload.nbf === 'undefined') {
+      throw new Error('"notBefore" should be a number of seconds or string representing a timespan eg: "1d", "20h", 60');
+    }
   }
 
   if (options.expiresInSeconds || options.expiresInMinutes) {
@@ -83,15 +83,8 @@ JWT.sign = function(payload, secretOrPrivateKey, options, callback) {
 
     payload.exp = timestamp + expiresInSeconds;
   } else if (options.expiresIn) {
-    if (typeof options.expiresIn === 'string') {
-      var milliseconds = ms(options.expiresIn);
-      if (typeof milliseconds === 'undefined') {
-        throw new Error('bad "expiresIn" format: ' + options.expiresIn);
-      }
-      payload.exp = timestamp + milliseconds / 1000;
-    } else if (typeof options.expiresIn === 'number' ) {
-      payload.exp = timestamp + options.expiresIn;
-    } else {
+    payload.exp = timespan(options.expiresIn);
+    if (typeof payload.exp === 'undefined') {
       throw new Error('"expiresIn" should be a number of seconds or string representing a timespan eg: "1d", "20h", 60');
     }
   }
@@ -211,13 +204,15 @@ JWT.verify = function(jwtString, secretOrPublicKey, options, callback) {
   } catch(err) {
     return done(err);
   }
-    
+
   if (typeof payload.nbf !== 'undefined' && !options.ignoreNotBefore) {
     if (typeof payload.nbf !== 'number') {
       return done(new JsonWebTokenError('invalid nbf value'));
     }
-    if (payload.nbf >= Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000))
+    if (payload.nbf >= Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)) {
+      console.log(payload.nbf, '>=', Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000));
       return done(new NotBeforeError('jwt not active', new Date(payload.nbf * 1000)));
+    }
   }
 
   if (typeof payload.exp !== 'undefined' && !options.ignoreExpiration) {

lib/timespan.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var ms = require('ms');
+
+module.exports = function (time) {
+  var timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+
+  if (typeof time === 'string') {
+    var milliseconds = ms(time);
+    if (typeof milliseconds === 'undefined') {
+      return;
+    }
+    return Math.floor(timestamp + milliseconds / 1000);
+  } else if (typeof time === 'number' ) {
+    return timestamp + time;
+  } else {
+    return;
+  }
+
+};

test/expires_format.tests.js

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('expires option', function() {
   it('should throw if expires has a bad string format', function () {
     expect(function () {
       jwt.sign({foo: 123}, '123', { expiresIn: '1 monkey' });
-    }).to.throw(/bad "expiresIn" format: 1 monkey/);
+    }).to.throw(/"expiresIn" should be a number of seconds or string representing a timespan/);
   });
 
   it('should throw if expires is not an string or number', function () {

test/jwt.rs.tests.js

@@ -89,10 +89,12 @@ describe('RS256', function() {
   });
 
   describe('when signing a token with not before', function() {
-    var token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, priv, { algorithm: 'RS256', notBeforeMinutes: -10 });
+    var token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, priv, { algorithm: 'RS256', notBefore: -10 * 3600 });
 
     it('should be valid expiration', function(done) {
       jwt.verify(token, pub, function(err, decoded) {
+        console.log(token);
+        console.dir(arguments);
         assert.isNotNull(decoded);
         assert.isNull(err);
         done();
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ describe('RS256', function() {
 
     it('should be invalid', function(done) {
       // not active token
-      token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, priv, { algorithm: 'RS256', notBeforeMinutes: 10 });
+      token = jwt.sign({ foo: 'bar' }, priv, { algorithm: 'RS256', notBefore: '10m' });
 
       jwt.verify(token, pub, function(err, decoded) {
         assert.isUndefined(decoded);