Hi, I am trying to authenticate connections to a MongoDB database using JWT tokens generated by Netlify Identity. The MongoDB docs ask for the signing algorithm and secret key to verify JWT tokens passed in. How can I get this information for my Netlify Identity tokens? Additional context in case …

The proxy didn’t work, but I found a solution I’ll share for anyone who stumbles on this. Mongo Realm allows for authentication with a custom function. The solution is simply to write a Mongo Realm function that calls a Netlify Function endpoint that checks if the user is authentic, and sends back …

Getting Netlify Identity Secret Key

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coelmay February 2, 2022, 8:35pm 2

Hi @programmer

As a starting point, you might find the following thread of interest

If you have further questions, do not hesitate to reply here.

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Getting Netlify Identity Secret Key

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