postrust-auth
JWT authentication and role resolution for Postrust.
- Verifies JWTs (plain or base64 secrets) and extracts claims.
- Resolves the PostgreSQL role for a request, falling back to the anonymous role.
- Passes claims through as GUCs so row-level security policies can read them.
Install
Part of Postrust
Postrust turns a PostgreSQL database into a REST and GraphQL API. It is published as a set of crates so you can depend on only the part you need:
| Crate | Role | Docs |
|---|---|---|
postrust-server |
HTTP server | docs.rs |
postrust-core |
Engine | docs.rs |
postrust-sql |
SQL builder | docs.rs |
postrust-auth (this crate) |
Authentication | docs.rs |
postrust-response |
Response formatting | docs.rs |
postrust-graphql |
GraphQL | docs.rs |
postrust-lambda |
AWS Lambda | docs.rs |
postrust-worker |
Cloudflare Workers | docs.rs |
postrust-proxy |
Reverse proxy | docs.rs |
Links
- Website: https://postrust.org/
- Documentation: https://postrust.org/docs
- Repository: https://github.com/postrust/postrust
- API docs for this crate: https://docs.rs/postrust-auth
License
MIT -- see LICENSE.