Get JWT token in redux - node.js

Question

I am using JWT to handle authentication and I have a update new password function. My problem is that how do I pass this JWT to my server in the UpdatePasswordAction ? Actually, I have that JWT in my cookies but when I submit the data to the server, the data is not passed correctly. Do I pass it right?
From my server, the JWT can not be retrieved.
console.log(JSON.stringify(req.cookies));// -> {}
console.log(req.headers.authorization);// -> undefined
In my User.actions.jsx, what I want to do is to get the token stored in cookies and pass the updatePasswordState which contains current password, new password, and new confirmed password.
import { Cookies } from 'js-cookie';
export const UpdatePasswordAction = (updatePasswordState) => {
return async (dispatch) => {
try {
// what I do is to pass the new password and JWT to the server to handle new password update
const token = Cookies.get('jwt');
const res = await axios.patch(`http://127.0.0.1:3000/users/updateMyPassword`, updatePasswordState, token);
const { data } = res;
dispatch({ type: UserActionTypes.UPDATE_PASSWORD_SUCCESS, payload: data });
alert('Update Password Successfully');
} catch (error) {
if (error.response) {
dispatch({
type: UserActionTypes.UPDATE_PASSWORD_FAIL,
payload: error.response.data.message,
});
console.log(error.response.data.message);
}
}
};
};
In my server, I have a middleware to check whether the user is login or not.
exports.protect = catchAsync(async (req, res, next) => {
//Getting token and check of it's there
let token;
console.log(JSON.stringify(req.cookies));// -> {}
console.log(req.headers.authorization);// -> undefined
if (
req.headers.authorization &&
req.headers.authorization.startsWith('Bearer')
) {
token = req.headers.authorization.split(' ')[1];
} else if (req.cookies.jwt) {
token = req.cookies.jwt;
}
if (!token) {
return next(
new AppError('You are not logged in! Please log in to get access.', 401)
);
}
// rest jwt decode and verification
});
Any solution?

Answer 1

You are not correctly sending the data to the server. The axios#patch signature is this:
axios#patch(url[, data[, config]])
So you should change it to something like this:
await axios.patch(`http://127.0.0.1:3000/users/updateMyPassword`, updatePasswordState, {
headers: {
"Authorization": token
}
});
And on your server side you can access the Authorization header with req.headers.authorization