Authenticating user through web extension using token based authentication scheme

摘要

A web extension authenticates a user using a token based authentication scheme. A token is retrieved from a client application to authenticate the user. The web extension transmits the token to a server component to have the server component authenticate the user. The server component validates the token using a validation library. The user is mapped to the token and authenticated upon validating the token.

主权项

1. A method executed on a computing device for authenticating a user through a web extension using a token based authentication scheme, the method comprising:
receiving a token associated with the user at a client component of the web extension; transmitting the token to a server component of the web extension to authenticate the user; validating the token at the server component of the web extension; mapping the user to the token and authenticating the user at the server component of the web extension; determining an availability of a validation library to authenticate the user and the token for an automated validation at the server component; affirming that the token is not expired at the server component; and verifying that the token correctly addresses an associated client application, at the server component.