-## Usage
+# REST API
-See the [REST API documentation](http://shaarli.github.io/api-documentation/).
+## Server requirements
-## Authentication
+See the **[REST API documentation](http://shaarli.github.io/api-documentation/)** for a list of available endpoints and parameters.
-All requests to Shaarli's API must include a JWT token to verify their authenticity.
+Please ensure that your server meets the requirements and is properly [configured](Server-configuration):
-This token has to be included as an HTTP header called `Authentication: Bearer <jwt token>`.
+- 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)
-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
-
-
-### Shaarli JWT Token
-
-JWT tokens are composed by three parts, separated by a dot `.` and encoded in base64:
-
-```
-[header].[payload].[signature]
-```
-
-#### Header
-
-Shaarli only allow one hash algorithm, so the header will always be the same:
-
-```json
-{
- "typ": "JWT",
- "alg": "HS512"
-}
-```
-
-Encoded in base64, it gives:
-
-```
-ewogICAgICAgICJ0eXAiOiAiSldUIiwKICAgICAgICAiYWxnIjogIkhTNTEyIgogICAgfQ==
-```
-
-#### Payload
-
-**Validity duration**
-
-To avoid infinite token validity, JWT tokens must include their creation date in UNIX timestamp format (timezone independant - UTC) under the key `iat` (issued at). This token will be accepted during 9 minutes.
-
-```json
-{
- "iat": 1468663519
-}
-```
-
-See [RFC reference](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.6).
-
-
-#### 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:
-
-```php
-$content = base64_encode($header) . '.' . base64_encode($payload);
-$signature = hash_hmac('sha512', $content, $secret);
-```
+The host where the API client is invoked should also be synchronized with NTP, see _payload/token expiration_
## Clients and examples
-### Android, Java, Kotlin
-- [Android client example with Kotlin](https://gitlab.com/snippets/1665808)
- by [Braincoke](https://github.com/Braincoke)
+- **[python-shaarli-client](https://github.com/shaarli/python-shaarli-client)** - the reference API client ([Documentation](http://python-shaarli-client.readthedocs.io/en/latest/))
+- [shaarli-client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/shaarli-client) - NodeJs client ([source code](https://github.com/laBecasse/shaarli-client)) by [laBecasse](https://github.com/laBecasse)
+- [Android client example with Kotlin](https://gitlab.com/snippets/1665808) by [Braincoke](https://github.com/Braincoke)
-### PHP
-
This example uses the [PHP cURL](http://php.net/manual/en/book.curl.php) library.
```php
var_dump(getInfo($baseUrl, $secret));
```
+## Implementation
+
+### Authentication
+
+- All requests to Shaarli's API must include a **JWT token** to verify their authenticity.
+- This token must be included as an HTTP header called `Authentication: Bearer <jwt token>`.
+- JWT tokens are composed by three parts, separated by a dot `.` and encoded in base64:
+
+```
+[header].[payload].[signature]
+```
+
+##### Header
+
+Shaarli only allow one hash algorithm, so the header will always be the same:
+
+```json
+{
+ "typ": "JWT",
+ "alg": "HS512"
+}
+```
+
+Encoded in base64, it gives:
+
+```
+ewogICAgICAgICJ0eXAiOiAiSldUIiwKICAgICAgICAiYWxnIjogIkhTNTEyIgogICAgfQ==
+```
+
+##### Payload
+
+Token expiration: To avoid infinite token validity, JWT tokens must include their creation date in UNIX timestamp format (timezone independent - UTC) under the key `iat` (issued at) field ([1](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1.6)). This token will be valid during **9 minutes**.
+
+```json
+{
+ "iat": 1468663519
+}
+```
+
+##### Signature
+
+The signature authenticates the token validity. It contains the base64 of the header and the body, separated by a dot `.`, hashed in SHA512 with the API secret available in Shaarli administration page.
+
+Example signature with PHP:
+
+```php
+$content = base64_encode($header) . '.' . base64_encode($payload);
+$signature = hash_hmac('sha512', $content, $secret);
+```
+
+
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Debug mode
+
+> This should never be used in a production environment.
+
+For security reasons, authentication issues will always return an `HTTP 401` error code without any detail.
+
+It is possible to enable the debug mode in `config.json.php`
+to get the actual error message in the HTTP response body with:
+
+```json
+{
+ "dev": {
+ "debug": true
+ }
+}
+```
+
+## References
+
+- [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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