Cannot change `requestProperty` object.

Cannot seem to change the requestProperty of my user object to payload. Double checked req.payload and its working fine without the guard.

Here’s my express-JWT config:

let auth = {
    required: jwt({
        secret: secret,
        userProperty: 'payload',
        getToken: getTokenFromHeader
    })
}

signing jwt

    return jwt.sign({
      id: this._id,
      username: this.username,
      exp: parseInt(exp.getTime() / 1000),
      permissions: ['r','w']
    }, secret);

Set using let guard = require('express-jwt-permissions')({requestProperty: 'payload'}); Accessing it using guard.check('r') throws 'user object payload was not found. Check your configuration.'

[MichielDeMey]

Glad you found the problem. 👍

[kvrting]

I’ve found the cause of the problem. Given my code:

const jwt = require('express-jwt');

let auth = {
    required: jwt({
        secret: secret,
        requestProperty: 'payload',
        getToken: getTokenFromHeader
    }),
    optional: jwt({
        ....
    })
};

Calling guard.check() first before an express-jwt rule results to not passing the request object properly. router.get('/foo', guard.check('root'), auth.required, function (req, res, next) {...} is fixed with router.get('/foo', auth.required, guard.check('root'),function (req, res, next) {...}

Overlooked this simple mistake. Thanks for the quick response!