Use Authentication from JavaScript
Explore how to securely authenticate Phoenix socket connections from JavaScript by generating tokens in the controller and passing them with socket connections. Understand how to restrict socket and channel access to ensure only authorized clients connect, enhancing real-time application security.
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Adding authentication
Clients that connect to our secured Socket must pass the authentication parameters on connection. Phoenix’s JavaScript client provides a simple way to add the proper authentication parameters.
We wrote an AuthSocket that accepts a “token” parameter and verifies it using a known secret. We’ll complete the client-side of this flow by including the token with the Socket connection. This task boils down to a few essential parts:
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