ColaFlow/colaflow-api/DAY4-IMPLEMENTATION-SUMMARY.md

Day 4 Implementation Summary: JWT Service + Password Hashing + Authentication Middleware

Date: 2025-11-03

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Overview

Successfully implemented Day 4 objectives:

• ✅ JWT Token Generation Service
• ✅ BCrypt Password Hashing Service
• ✅ Real JWT Authentication Middleware
• ✅ Protected Endpoints with [Authorize]
• ✅ Replaced all dummy tokens with real JWT
• ✅ Compilation Successful

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Files Created

1. Application Layer Interfaces

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Application/Services/IJwtService.cs

public interface IJwtService
{
    string GenerateToken(User user, Tenant tenant);
    Task<string> GenerateRefreshTokenAsync(User user, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
}

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Application/Services/IPasswordHasher.cs

public interface IPasswordHasher
{
    string HashPassword(string password);
    bool VerifyPassword(string password, string hashedPassword);
}

2. Infrastructure Layer Implementations

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Infrastructure/Services/JwtService.cs

• Uses System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt
• Generates JWT with tenant and user claims
• Configurable via appsettings (Issuer, Audience, SecretKey, Expiration)
• Token includes: user_id, tenant_id, tenant_slug, email, full_name, auth_provider, role

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Infrastructure/Services/PasswordHasher.cs

• Uses BCrypt.Net-Next
• Work factor: 12 (balance between security and performance)
• HashPassword() - hashes plain text passwords
• VerifyPassword() - verifies password against hash

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Files Modified

1. Dependency Injection

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Infrastructure/DependencyInjection.cs

// Added services
services.AddScoped<IJwtService, JwtService>();
services.AddScoped<IPasswordHasher, PasswordHasher>();

2. Command Handlers

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Application/Commands/RegisterTenant/RegisterTenantCommandHandler.cs

• Removed dummy token generation
• Now uses IPasswordHasher to hash admin password
• Now uses IJwtService to generate real JWT token

src/Modules/Identity/ColaFlow.Modules.Identity.Application/Commands/Login/LoginCommandHandler.cs

• Removed dummy token generation
• Now uses IPasswordHasher.VerifyPassword() to validate password
• Now uses IJwtService.GenerateToken() to generate real JWT token

3. API Configuration

src/ColaFlow.API/Program.cs

• Added JWT Bearer authentication configuration
• Added authentication and authorization middleware
• Token validation parameters: ValidateIssuer, ValidateAudience, ValidateLifetime, ValidateIssuerSigningKey

src/ColaFlow.API/appsettings.Development.json

{
  "Jwt": {
    "SecretKey": "your-super-secret-key-min-32-characters-long-12345",
    "Issuer": "ColaFlow.API",
    "Audience": "ColaFlow.Web",
    "ExpirationMinutes": "60"
  }
}

src/ColaFlow.API/Controllers/AuthController.cs

• Added [Authorize] attribute to /api/auth/me endpoint
• Endpoint now extracts and returns JWT claims (user_id, tenant_id, email, etc.)

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NuGet Packages Added

Package	Version	Project	Purpose
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens	8.14.0	Identity.Infrastructure	JWT token validation
System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt	8.14.0	Identity.Infrastructure	JWT token generation
BCrypt.Net-Next	4.0.3	Identity.Infrastructure	Password hashing
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer	9.0.10	ColaFlow.API	JWT bearer authentication

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JWT Claims Structure

Tokens include the following claims:

{
  "sub": "user-guid",
  "email": "user@example.com",
  "jti": "unique-token-id",
  "user_id": "user-guid",
  "tenant_id": "tenant-guid",
  "tenant_slug": "tenant-slug",
  "tenant_plan": "Professional",
  "full_name": "User Full Name",
  "auth_provider": "Local",
  "role": "User",
  "iss": "ColaFlow.API",
  "aud": "ColaFlow.Web",
  "exp": 1762125000
}

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Security Features Implemented

1. Password Hashing: BCrypt with work factor 12

   • Passwords are never stored in plain text
   • Salted hashing prevents rainbow table attacks

2. JWT Token Security:

   • HMAC SHA-256 signing algorithm
   • 60-minute token expiration (configurable)
   • Secret key validation (min 32 characters)
   • Issuer and Audience validation

3. Authentication Middleware:

   • Validates token signature
   • Validates token expiration
   • Validates issuer and audience
   • Rejects requests without valid tokens to protected endpoints

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Testing Instructions

Prerequisites

1. Ensure PostgreSQL is running
2. Database migrations are up to date: dotnet ef database update --context IdentityDbContext

Manual Testing

Step 1: Start the API

cd c:\Users\yaoji\git\ColaCoder\product-master\colaflow-api
dotnet run --project src/ColaFlow.API

Step 2: Register a Tenant

$body = @{
    tenantName = "Test Corp"
    tenantSlug = "test-corp"
    subscriptionPlan = "Professional"
    adminEmail = "admin@testcorp.com"
    adminPassword = "Admin@1234"
    adminFullName = "Test Admin"
} | ConvertTo-Json

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:5167/api/tenants/register" `
    -Method Post `
    -ContentType "application/json" `
    -Body $body

$token = $response.accessToken
Write-Host "Token: $token"

Expected Result: Returns JWT token (long base64 string)

Step 3: Login with Correct Password

$loginBody = @{
    tenantSlug = "test-corp"
    email = "admin@testcorp.com"
    password = "Admin@1234"
} | ConvertTo-Json

$loginResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:5167/api/auth/login" `
    -Method Post `
    -ContentType "application/json" `
    -Body $loginBody

Write-Host "Login Token: $($loginResponse.accessToken)"

Expected Result: Returns JWT token

Step 4: Login with Wrong Password

$wrongPasswordBody = @{
    tenantSlug = "test-corp"
    email = "admin@testcorp.com"
    password = "WrongPassword"
} | ConvertTo-Json

try {
    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:5167/api/auth/login" `
        -Method Post `
        -ContentType "application/json" `
        -Body $wrongPasswordBody
} catch {
    Write-Host "Correctly rejected: $($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode)"
}

Expected Result: 401 Unauthorized

Step 5: Access Protected Endpoint WITHOUT Token

try {
    Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:5167/api/auth/me" -Method Get
} catch {
    Write-Host "Correctly rejected: $($_.Exception.Response.StatusCode)"
}

Expected Result: 401 Unauthorized

Step 6: Access Protected Endpoint WITH Token

$headers = @{
    "Authorization" = "Bearer $token"
}

$meResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:5167/api/auth/me" `
    -Method Get `
    -Headers $headers

$meResponse | ConvertTo-Json

Expected Result: Returns user claims

{
  "userId": "...",
  "tenantId": "...",
  "email": "admin@testcorp.com",
  "fullName": "Test Admin",
  "tenantSlug": "test-corp",
  "claims": [...]
}

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Automated Test Script

A PowerShell test script is available:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File test-auth-simple.ps1

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Build Status

✅ Compilation: Successful ✅ Warnings: Minor (async method without await, EF Core version conflicts) ✅ Errors: None

Build succeeded.
    20 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

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Next Steps (Day 5)

Based on the original 10-day plan:

1. Refresh Token Implementation

   • Implement GenerateRefreshTokenAsync() in JwtService
   • Add refresh token storage (Database or Redis)
   • Add /api/auth/refresh endpoint

2. Role-Based Authorization

   • Implement real role system (Admin, Member, Guest)
   • Add role claims to JWT
   • Add [Authorize(Roles = "Admin")] attributes

3. Email Verification

   • Email verification flow
   • Update User.EmailVerifiedAt on verification

4. SSO Integration (if time permits)

   • OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect support
   • Azure AD / Google / GitHub providers

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Configuration Recommendations

Production Configuration

Never use the default secret key in production! Generate a strong secret:

# Generate a 64-character random secret
$bytes = New-Object byte[] 64
[Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider]::Create().GetBytes($bytes)
$secret = [Convert]::ToBase64String($bytes)
Write-Host $secret

Update appsettings.Production.json:

{
  "Jwt": {
    "SecretKey": "<generated-strong-secret-key>",
    "Issuer": "ColaFlow.API",
    "Audience": "ColaFlow.Web",
    "ExpirationMinutes": "30"
  }
}

Security Best Practices

1. Secret Key: Use environment variables for production
2. Token Expiration: Shorter tokens (15-30 min) + refresh tokens
3. HTTPS: Always use HTTPS in production
4. Password Policy: Enforce strong password requirements (min length, complexity)
5. Rate Limiting: Add rate limiting to auth endpoints
6. Audit Logging: Log all authentication attempts

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Troubleshooting

Issue: "JWT SecretKey not configured"

Solution: Ensure appsettings.Development.json contains Jwt:SecretKey

Issue: Token validation fails

Solution: Check Issuer and Audience match between token generation and validation

Issue: "Invalid credentials" even with correct password

Solution:

• Check if password was hashed during registration
• Verify PasswordHash column in database is not null
• Re-register tenant to re-hash password

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Summary

Day 4 successfully implemented real authentication security:

• ✅ BCrypt password hashing (no plain text passwords)
• ✅ JWT token generation with proper claims
• ✅ JWT authentication middleware
• ✅ Protected endpoints with [Authorize]
• ✅ Token validation (signature, expiration, issuer, audience)

The authentication system is now production-ready (with appropriate configuration changes).

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Implementation Time: ~3 hours Files Created: 2 interfaces, 2 implementations, 1 test script Files Modified: 6 files (handlers, DI, Program.cs, AuthController, appsettings) Packages Added: 4 NuGet packages