JWT::EncodedToken#verify! to bundle signature and claim validation

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 **Features:**
 
+- JWT::EncodedToken#verify! method that bundles signature and claim validation [#647](https://github.com/jwt/ruby-jwt/pull/647) ([@anakinj](https://github.com/anakinj))
 - Your contribution here
 
 **Fixes and enhancements:**

README.md

@@ -335,6 +335,16 @@ encoded_token.payload # => { 'exp'=>1234, 'jti'=>'1234", 'sub'=>'my-subject' }
 encoded_token.header # {'kid'=>'hmac', 'alg'=>'HS256'}
 ```
 
+A simple way to handle token verification using the `JWT::EncodedToken#verify!` method. It verifies the signature and the `exp` claim by default.
+
+```ruby
+encoded_token = JWT::EncodedToken.new(token.jwt)
+encoded_token.verify!(signature: {algorithm: 'HS256', key: "secret"})
+
+encoded_token.payload # => { 'exp'=>1234, 'jti'=>'1234", 'sub'=>'my-subject' }
+encoded_token.header # {'kid'=>'hmac', 'alg'=>'HS256'}
+```
+
 ### Detached payload
 
 The `::JWT::Token#detach_payload!` method can be use to detach the payload from the JWT.

lib/jwt/claims/verification_methods.rb

@@ -2,16 +2,25 @@
 
 module JWT
   module Claims
-    # @api private
+    # Provides methods to verify the claims of a token.
     module VerificationMethods
+      # Verifies the claims of the token.
+      # @param options [Array<Symbol>, Hash] the claims to verify.
+      # @raise [JWT::DecodeError] if the claims are invalid.
       def verify_claims!(*options)
         Verifier.verify!(self, *options)
       end
 
+      # Returns the errors of the claims of the token.
+      # @param options [Array<Symbol>, Hash] the claims to verify.
+      # @return [Array<Symbol>] the errors of the claims.
       def claim_errors(*options)
         Verifier.errors(self, *options)
       end
 
+      # Returns whether the claims of the token are valid.
+      # @param options [Array<Symbol>, Hash] the claims to verify.
+      # @return [Boolean] whether the claims are valid.
       def valid_claims?(*options)
         claim_errors(*options).empty?
       end

lib/jwt/encoded_token.rb

@@ -72,6 +72,22 @@ def signing_input
       [encoded_header, encoded_payload].join('.')
     end
 
+    # Verifies the token signature and claims.
+    # By default it verifies the 'exp' claim.
+    #
+    # @example
+    #  encoded_token.verify!(signature: { algorithm: 'HS256', key: 'secret' }, claims: [:exp])
+    #
+    # @param signature [Hash] the parameters for signature verification (see {#verify_signature!}).
+    # @param claims [Array<Symbol>, Hash] the claims to verify (see {#verify_claims!}).
+    # @return [nil]
+    # @raise [JWT::DecodeError] if the signature or claim verification fails.
+    def verify!(signature:, claims: [:exp])
+      verify_signature!(**signature)
+      claims.is_a?(Array) ? verify_claims!(*claims) : verify_claims!(claims)
+      nil
+    end
+
     # Verifies the signature of the JWT token.
     #
     # @param algorithm [String, Array<String>, Object, Array<Object>] the algorithm(s) to use for verification.

spec/jwt/encoded_token_spec.rb

@@ -207,6 +207,31 @@
     end
   end
 
+  context '#verify!' do
+    context 'when key is valid' do
+      it 'does not raise' do
+        expect(token.verify!(signature: { algorithm: 'HS256', key: 'secret' })).to eq(nil)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when key is invalid' do
+      it 'raises an error' do
+        expect { token.verify!(signature: { algorithm: 'HS256', key: 'wrong' }) }.to raise_error(JWT::VerificationError, 'Signature verification failed')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when claims are invalid' do
+      let(:payload) { { 'pay' => 'load', exp: Time.now.to_i - 1000 } }
+
+      it 'raises an error' do
+        expect do
+          token.verify!(signature: { algorithm: 'HS256', key: 'secret' },
+                        claims: { exp: { leeway: 900 } })
+        end.to raise_error(JWT::ExpiredSignature, 'Signature has expired')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe '#valid_claims?' do
     context 'exp claim' do
       let(:payload) { { 'exp' => Time.now.to_i - 10, 'pay' => 'load' } }