JWT Validation in a custom HttpPlugin

[mjastrzebski-box]

I am trying to use the SDK to build bots with a different approach to server. I do not want the application to manage the server, but rather the application to be managed within a server.
The difference is - in the SDK, the recommended approach is to start server along with the bot itself. In my approach, I create an endpoint and a controller and run the application's messageHandlers (JwtMiddleware + onRequest).

My approach assumed that the HttpPlugin could be reconstructed without any Express server elements. It is based on the docs: https://microsoft.github.io/teams-sdk/typescript/migrations/v1 that state that in case the user needs to use a different server, they have to create their own custom HttpPlugin.

Unfortunately - as withJwtValidation is not exported, I cannot reconstruct onInit.

teams.ts/packages/apps/src/plugins/http/plugin.ts

Line 120 in ee110ba

const jwtMiddleware = withJwtValidation({

What is the recommended way of attaching the JWT Validation Middleware then? Shouldn't the withJwtValidation function be exported for such cases?

[heyitsaamir]

You are right, we should export this middleware out.

In the meanwhile, one thing you can do is you can actually pass in the server in your HttpPlugin.

const httpPlugin = new HttpPlugin(<your server>);
const app = new App({ plugins=[httpPlugin] });