parseauthorizationheader.md

parseAuthorizationHeader

Arguments

parseAuthorizationHeader(header)

• header (String): A request authorization header passed in front the client-side application that looks like Bearer WyIweG...n0iXQ==.

Returns

string: The DID token embedded in the authorization header.

{% hint style="info" %} This is only available to Admin SDK version 1.1.0 and above. {% endhint %}

Example

const { Magic } = require('@magic-sdk/admin');
const mAdmin = new Magic();

...

/* Gets the DID token from a login request */
app.get('/login', async (req: any, res: any) => {
  /*
    Assumes DIDToken was passed in the Authorization header
    in the standard `Bearer {token}` format.
   */
  const didToken = mAdmin.utils.parseAuthorizationHeader(req.headers.authorization);
  /* You can now do stuff with the DID token */
});