Tokens can also have a admin property. When admin is defined its included in the jwt token.

seasoned_api/src/user/token.js

@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ const User = require('src/user/user');
 const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
 
 class Token {
-   constructor(user) {
+  constructor(user, admin=false) {
     this.user = user;
+    this.admin = admin;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -12,7 +13,14 @@ class Token {
     * @returns {String}
     */
   toString(secret) {
-      return jwt.sign({ username: this.user.username }, secret);
+    const user = this.user.username;
+    const admin = this.admin;
+    let data = { user }
+
+    if (admin)
+      data = { ...data, admin }
+
+    return jwt.sign(data, secret, { expiresIn: '90d' });
   }
 
   /**
@@ -24,13 +32,13 @@ class Token {
   static fromString(jwtToken, secret) {
     let username = null;
 
-      try {
+    const token = jwt.verify(jwtToken, secret, { clockTolerance: 10000 })
-         username = jwt.verify(jwtToken, secret).username;
+    if (token.username === undefined)
-      } catch (error) {
+      throw new Error('Malformed token')
-         throw new Error('The token is invalid.');
+
-      }
+    username = token.username
-      const user = new User(username);
+    const user = new User(username)
-      return new Token(user);
+    return new Token(user)
   }
 }
 

seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/user/login.js

@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ function loginController(req, res) {
    userSecurity.login(user, password)
       .then(() => userRepository.checkAdmin(user))
       .then((checkAdmin) => {
-         const token = new Token(user).toString(secret);
+         const isAdmin = checkAdmin === 1 ? true : false;
-         const admin_state = checkAdmin === 1 ? true : false;
+         const token = new Token(user, isAdmin).toString(secret);
-         res.send({ success: true, token, admin: admin_state });
+         res.send({ success: true, token });
       })
       .catch((error) => {
          res.status(401).send({ success: false, error: error.message });

seasoned_api/src/webserver/controllers/user/register.js

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ function registerController(req, res) {
    userSecurity.createNewUser(user, password)
       .then(() => userRepository.checkAdmin(user))
       .then((checkAdmin) => {
-         const token = new Token(user).toString(secret);
+         const isAdmin = checkAdmin === 1 ? true : false;
-         const admin_state = checkAdmin === 1 ? true : false;
+         const token = new Token(user, isAdmin).toString(secret);
          res.send({
-            success: true, message: 'Welcome to Seasoned!', token, admin: admin_state,
+            success: true, message: 'Welcome to Seasoned!', token
          });
       })
       .catch((error) => {