-## Usage and Prerequisites
+# REST API
-See the [REST API documentation](http://shaarli.github.io/api-documentation/)
-for a list of available endpoints and parameters.
+## Server requirements
-Please ensure that your server meets the [requirements](Server-requirements)
-and is properly [configured](Server-configuration):
+See the **[REST API documentation](http://shaarli.github.io/api-documentation/)** for a list of available endpoints and parameters.
+
+Please ensure that your server meets the requirements and is properly [configured](Server-configuration):
- URL rewriting is enabled (see specific Apache and Nginx sections)
- the server's timezone is properly defined
-- the server's clock is synchronized with
- [NTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol)
+- the server's clock is synchronized with [NTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol)
-The host where the API client is invoked should also be synchronized with NTP,
-see [token expiration](#payload).
+The host where the API client is invoked should also be synchronized with NTP, see _payload/token expiration_
-## Authentication
-All requests to Shaarli's API must include a JWT token to verify their authenticity.
+## Clients and examples
-This token has to be included as an HTTP header called `Authentication: Bearer <jwt token>`.
+- **[python-shaarli-client](https://github.com/shaarli/python-shaarli-client)** - the reference API client ([Documentation](http://python-shaarli-client.readthedocs.io/en/latest/))
+- [shaarli-client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/shaarli-client) - NodeJs client ([source code](https://github.com/laBecasse/shaarli-client)) by [laBecasse](https://github.com/laBecasse)
+- [Android client example with Kotlin](https://gitlab.com/snippets/1665808) by [Braincoke](https://github.com/Braincoke)
-JWT resources :
-- [jwt.io](https://jwt.io) (including a list of client per language).
-- RFC : https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519
-- https://float-middle.com/json-web-tokens-jwt-vs-sessions/
-- HackerNews thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11929267
+This example uses the [PHP cURL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php) library.
+```php
+<?php
+$baseUrl = 'https://shaarli.mydomain.net';
+$secret = 'thats_my_api_secret';
+
+function base64url_encode($data) {
+ return rtrim(strtr(base64_encode($data), '+/', '-_'), '=');
+}
-### Shaarli JWT Token
+function generateToken($secret) {
+ $header = base64url_encode('{
+ "typ": "JWT",
+ "alg": "HS512"
+ }');
+ $payload = base64url_encode('{
+ "iat": '. time() .'
+ }');
+ $signature = base64url_encode(hash_hmac('sha512', $header .'.'. $payload , $secret, true));
+ return $header . '.' . $payload . '.' . $signature;
+}
-JWT tokens are composed by three parts, separated by a dot `.` and encoded in base64:
+
+function getInfo($baseUrl, $secret) {
+ $token = generateToken($secret);
+ $endpoint = rtrim($baseUrl, '/') . '/api/v1/info';
+
+ $headers = [
+ 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8',
+ 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $token,
+ ];
+
+ $ch = curl_init($endpoint);
+ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
+ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1);
+ curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, 1);
+
+ $result = curl_exec($ch);
+ curl_close($ch);
+
+ return $result;
+}
+
+var_dump(getInfo($baseUrl, $secret));
+```
+
+## Implementation
+
+### Authentication
+
+- All requests to Shaarli's API must include a **JWT token** to verify their authenticity.
+- This token must be included as an HTTP header called `Authentication: Bearer <jwt token>`.
+- JWT tokens are composed by three parts, separated by a dot `.` and encoded in base64:
```
[header].[payload].[signature]
```
-#### Header
+##### Header
Shaarli only allow one hash algorithm, so the header will always be the same:
ewogICAgICAgICJ0eXAiOiAiSldUIiwKICAgICAgICAiYWxnIjogIkhTNTEyIgogICAgfQ==
```
-#### Payload
-
-**Token expiration**
+##### Payload
-To avoid infinite token validity, JWT tokens must include their creation date
-in UNIX timestamp format (timezone independent - UTC) under the key `iat` (issued at).
-This token will be valid during **9 minutes**.
+Token expiration: To avoid infinite token validity, JWT tokens must include their creation date in UNIX timestamp format (timezone independent - UTC) under the key `iat` (issued at) field ([1](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.6)). This token will be valid during **9 minutes**.
```json
{
}
```
-See [RFC reference](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.6).
+##### Signature
+The signature authenticates the token validity. It contains the base64 of the header and the body, separated by a dot `.`, hashed in SHA512 with the API secret available in Shaarli administration page.
-#### Signature
-
-The signature authenticate the token validity. It contains the base64 of the header and the body, separated by a dot `.`, hashed in SHA512 with the API secret available in Shaarli administration page.
-
-Signature example with PHP:
+Example signature with PHP:
```php
$content = base64_encode($header) . '.' . base64_encode($payload);
```
-## Clients and examples
-### Android, Java, Kotlin
-- [Android client example with Kotlin](https://gitlab.com/snippets/1665808)
- by [Braincoke](https://github.com/Braincoke)
+## Troubleshooting
-### Javascript, NodeJS
+### Debug mode
-- [shaarli-client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/shaarli-client)
- ([source code](https://github.com/laBecasse/shaarli-client))
- by [laBecasse](https://github.com/laBecasse)
+> This should never be used in a production environment.
-### PHP
+For security reasons, authentication issues will always return an `HTTP 401` error code without any detail.
-This example uses the [PHP cURL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php) library.
-
-```php
-<?php
-$baseUrl = 'https://shaarli.mydomain.net';
-$secret = 'thats_my_api_secret';
-
-function base64url_encode($data) {
- return rtrim(strtr(base64_encode($data), '+/', '-_'), '=');
-}
+It is possible to enable the debug mode in `config.json.php`
+to get the actual error message in the HTTP response body with:
-function generateToken($secret) {
- $header = base64url_encode('{
- "typ": "JWT",
- "alg": "HS512"
- }');
- $payload = base64url_encode('{
- "iat": '. time() .'
- }');
- $signature = base64url_encode(hash_hmac('sha512', $header .'.'. $payload , $secret, true));
- return $header . '.' . $payload . '.' . $signature;
+```json
+{
+ "dev": {
+ "debug": true
+ }
}
+```
+## References
-function getInfo($baseUrl, $secret) {
- $token = generateToken($secret);
- $endpoint = rtrim($baseUrl, '/') . '/api/v1/info';
-
- $headers = [
- 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8',
- 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $token,
- ];
-
- $ch = curl_init($endpoint);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER, 1);
- curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, 1);
-
- $result = curl_exec($ch);
- curl_close($ch);
-
- return $result;
-}
-
-var_dump(getInfo($baseUrl, $secret));
-```
+- [jwt.io](https://jwt.io) (including a list of client per language).
+- [RFC - JSON Web Token (JWT)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519)
+- [JSON Web Tokens (JWT) vs Sessions](https://float-middle.com/json-web-tokens-jwt-vs-sessions/), [HackerNews thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11929267)
-### Python
-See the reference API client:
-- [Documentation](http://python-shaarli-client.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) on ReadTheDocs
-- [python-shaarli-client](https://github.com/shaarli/python-shaarli-client) on Github
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