Spring Boot 1.5.9.RELEASE go to http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/1.5.3.RELEASE/reference/htmlsingle/ to learn more about spring boot
JSON Web Token go to https://jwt.io/ to decode your generated token and learn more.

To run the application
Use one of the several ways of running a Spring Boot application. Below are just three options:

1. Build using maven goal: mvn clean package and execute the resulting artifact as follows java -jar springboot-jwt-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar or
   
2. On Unix/Linux based systems: run mvn clean package then run the resulting jar as any other executable ./springboot-jwt-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
   

To test the application

First you will need the following basic pieces of information:

• client: testjwtclientid
  
• secret: XY7kmzoNzl100
  
• Local DB
• Non-admin username and password: john.doe and jwtpass
• Admin user: admin.admin and jwtpass
• LDAP
• username and password: ben and benspassword
• Example of resource accessible to all authenticated users: http://localhost:8080/springjwt/cities
• Example of resource accessible to only an admin user: http://localhost:8080/springjwt/users

1. Generate an access token

   Use the following generic command to generate an access token:

   $ curl client:secret@localhost:8080/oauth/token -d grant_type=password -d username=user -d password=pwd
   

   For this specific application, to generate an access token for the non-admin user john.doe, run:

   $ curl testjwtclientid:XY7kmzoNzl100@localhost:8080/oauth/token -d grant_type=password -d username=john.doe -d password=jwtpass
   

   You'll receive a response similar to below

        {
           "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE1NDM2MDI2NjksInVzZXJfbmFtZSI6ImFkbWluLmFkbWluIiwiYXV0aG9yaXRpZXMiOlsiU1RBTkRBUkRfVVNFUiIsIkFETUlOX1VTRVIiXSwianRpIjoiYzU0OTUwOWMtOGE2Ni00MmM4LTk4ZDQtZTIxOGMwMmQxYmFiIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoidGVzdGp3dGNsaWVudGlkIiwic2NvcGUiOlsicmVhZCIsIndyaXRlIl19.hltbUwoJN9IQRLEHs_RnJS_MBaVMMzp0CjRB6paVGpY",
           "token_type": "bearer",
           "refresh_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyX25hbWUiOiJhZG1pbi5hZG1pbiIsInNjb3BlIjpbInJlYWQiLCJ3cml0ZSJdLCJhdGkiOiJjNTQ5NTA5Yy04YTY2LTQyYzgtOThkNC1lMjE4YzAyZDFiYWIiLCJleHAiOjE1NDYxOTM3NjksImF1dGhvcml0aWVzIjpbIlNUQU5EQVJEX1VTRVIiLCJBRE1JTl9VU0VSIl0sImp0aSI6IjU4MTkzMTNmLTg0YTAtNGM1Mi05ZGNiLThiZWM1ZTcwNWI1NiIsImNsaWVudF9pZCI6InRlc3Rqd3RjbGllbnRpZCJ9.yvZmi5SyVmXpVEFwyE2H2lZ6VuP4ZMYQ8udnPtiWIIs",
           "expires_in": 899,
           "scope": "read write",
           "jti": "c549509c-8a66-42c8-98d4-e218c02d1bab"
       }
   
   

   Use the following command to validate an access token:

   $ curl testjwtclientid:XY7kmzoNzl100@localhost:8080/oauth/check_token -d 'token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE1NDM2MDI2NjksInVzZXJfbmFtZSI6ImFkbWluLmFkbWluIiwiYXV0aG9yaXRpZXMiOlsiU1RBTkRBUkRfVVNFUiIsIkFETUlOX1VTRVIiXSwianRpIjoiYzU0OTUwOWMtOGE2Ni00MmM4LTk4ZDQtZTIxOGMwMmQxYmFiIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoidGVzdGp3dGNsaWVudGlkIiwic2NvcGUiOlsicmVhZCIsIndyaXRlIl19.hltbUwoJN9IQRLEHs_RnJS_MBaVMMzp0CjRB6paVGpY&undefined='    
   

   Use the following command to refresh token:

   $ curl -X POST testjwtclientid:XY7kmzoNzl100@localhost:8080/oauth/check_token -d 'grant_type=refresh_token&refresh_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VyX25hbWUiOiJqb2huLmRvZSIsInNjb3BlIjpbInJlYWQiLCJ3cml0ZSJdLCJhdGkiOiJkYmZiYjI5Mi00NjMyLTQ5ODEtYThjMi0xZjYxNGQ5MjgyY2QiLCJleHAiOjE1NDYxODk3NjcsImF1dGhvcml0aWVzIjpbIlNUQU5EQVJEX1VTRVIiXSwianRpIjoiZjdhZDNiYWMtOTViYy00ZTZhLTkzYTQtODg0NzQ0Y2M5ODc1IiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoidGVzdGp3dGNsaWVudGlkIn0.VD9AJeK6555CYk5DaKj7ik81c81C6gPypNhTlEs6bsY&undefined='
   

2. Use the token to access resources through your RESTful API

   Access content available to all authenticated users Use the generated token as the value of the Bearer in the Authorization header as follows:

   http://localhost:8080/springjwt/cities -H "Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOlsidGVzdGp3dHJlc291cmNlaWQiXSwidXNlcl9uYW1lIjoiYWRtaW4uYWRtaW4iLCJzY29wZSI6WyJyZWFkIiwid3JpdGUiXSwiZXhwIjoxNDk0NDU0MjgyLCJhdXRob3JpdGllcyI6WyJTVEFOREFSRF9VU0VSIiwiQURNSU5fVVNFUiJdLCJqdGkiOiIwYmQ4ZTQ1MC03ZjVjLTQ5ZjMtOTFmMC01Nzc1YjdiY2MwMGYiLCJjbGllbnRfaWQiOiJ0ZXN0and0Y2xpZW50aWQifQ.rvEAa4dIz8hT8uxzfjkEJKG982Ree5PdUW17KtFyeec"
   

   Access content available only to an admin user As with the previous example first generate an access token for the admin user with the credentials provided above then run:

   curl http://localhost:8080/springjwt/users -H "Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOlsidGVzdGp3dHJlc291cmNlaWQiXSwidXNlcl9uYW1lIjoiYWRtaW4uYWRtaW4iLCJzY29wZSI6WyJyZWFkIiwid3JpdGUiXSwiZXhwIjoxNDk0NDU0OTIzLCJhdXRob3JpdGllcyI6WyJTVEFOREFSRF9VU0VSIiwiQURNSU5fVVNFUiJdLCJqdGkiOiIyMTAzMjRmMS05MTE0LTQ1NGEtODRmMy1hZjUzZmUxNzdjNzIiLCJjbGllbnRfaWQiOiJ0ZXN0and0Y2xpZW50aWQifQ.OuprVlyNnKuLkoQmP8shP38G3Hje91GBhu4E0HD2Fes"