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`Tokens`

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Tokens( [database] )

tokens( [database] )

Tokens( )
ScopedTokens( database )

Tokens( [database] )

Tokens( [database] )

Description

The Tokens function provides access to the system collection that stores access tokens, created with the Login function. This is useful for:

Listing currently existing tokens
Creating tokens without credentials
Indexing tokens so that you can query tokens based on relationships with other documents.

If you have a reference to a specific token, acquired with Login, you can add custom fields to the token’s document using Update or Replace. Access tokens can be invalidated by calling Logout.

A token’s instance field contains a Reference to the associated identity document. See Tokens for details.

Parameters

Parameter Type Definition and requirements

Parameter	Type	Definition and requirements
`database`	Reference	Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used. A Reference to a child database. Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used. Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used. Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used. Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used. Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used.

database

Reference

Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used.

A Reference to a child database.

Optional - A Reference to a child database. If not specified, the current database is used.

Returns

An Set Reference for the available Tokens in the specified child database, or the current database if database is not specified.

Examples

Create a token

The following query lists any existing tokens (up to the pagination limit) in the current database:

client.query(
  q.Login(
    q.Match(q.Index('users_by_email'), 'alice@site.example.com'),
    { password: 'secret password' },
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{ ref: Ref(Tokens(), "251500495731950080"),
  ts: 1576108413380000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "251407645221585408"),
  secret: 'fnEDfYJeTPACAAN9IwrU8AIAItH5Pfj5cqbybb_JmqNOncUKI14' }

{'ref': Ref(id=251502661795316224, collection=Ref(id=tokens)), 'ts': 1576110479070000, 'instance': Ref(id=251407645221585408, collection=Ref(id=users, collection=Ref(id=collections))), 'secret': 'fnEDfYRWoGACAAN9IwrU8AIAFwnfIh4vM_28LzJqFIP_45o8X2Q'}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.Login(
		f.MatchTerm(f.Index("users_by_email"), "alice@site.example.com"),
		f.Obj{"password": "secret password"},
	))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[instance:{1 0xc00008e510 0xc00008e510 <nil>} ref:{280481975565812224 0xc00008e360 0xc00008e360 <nil>} secret:fnED5Hje54ACAAPkeN55YAYAIveL6bdkDgZ0-2-Eng567vL_H_0 ts:1603747306320000]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        Login(
            Match(Index("users_by_email"), "alice@site.example.com"),
            Obj("password", "secret password")
        )
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(ref: RefV(id = "280491974570541568", collection = RefV(id = "tokens")),ts: LongV(1603756842110000),instance: RefV(id = "1", collection = RefV(id = "users", collection = RefV(id = "collections"))),secret: StringV(fnED5IH2-qACAAPkgfXLUAYAx7PIdaBJcNJko75-RceyXHxk4PA))

{
  ref: Ref(Tokens(), "302044099688530432"),
  ts: 1624310550300000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
  secret: 'fnEEMROCJHACAAQxE4GIcAIADYV7pzCKqnsAm8N0nsY1vlCMJYQ'
}

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 130
bytesOut: 291
computeOps: 1
readOps: 1
writeOps: 1
readBytes: 295
writeBytes: 414
queryTime: 50ms
retries: 0

You can also create a token directly, without knowing the credentials for an identity document:

client.query(
  q.Create(
    q.Tokens(),
    { instance: q.Ref(q.Collection('users'), '1') },
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{
  ref: Ref(Tokens(), "293497693263626752"),
  ts: 1616160062000000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
  secret: 'fnEEEraY1WACAAQStphjIAYALk1agYtuTK3v_x8KTSs7bpe2scg'
}

result = client.query(
  q.create(
    q.tokens(),
    {"instance": q.ref(q.collection("users"), "1")},
  )
)
print(result)

{'ref': Ref(id=293498079059902976, collection=Ref(id=tokens)), 'ts': 1616160429920000, 'instance': Ref(id=1, collection=Ref(id=users, collection=Ref(id=collections))), 'secret': 'fnEEErbyqKACAAQStvIo8AYA8p8sN07-yrVgDzXke1NWRgnqxCc'}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.Create(
		f.Tokens(),
		f.Obj{"instance": f.Ref(f.Collection("users"), "1")},
	))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[instance:{1 0xc00014c270 0xc00014c270 <nil>} ref:{293498065541661184 0xc00014c0c0 0xc00014c0c0 <nil>} secret:fnEEErbvguACAAQStu7jYAIAEIJ3Z3UMa7-cr_-6IVyErFg9ua4 ts:1616160417020000]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        Create(
            Tokens(),
            Obj("instance", Ref(Collection("users"), "1"))
        )
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(ref: RefV(id = "293498062688485888", collection = RefV(id = "tokens")),ts: LongV(1616160414310000),instance: RefV(id = "1", collection = RefV(id = "users", collection = RefV(id = "collections"))),secret: StringV(fnEEErbu2NACAAQStu1CoAIAR6v4yT6ii450sVhEfdcttH3eLhE))

Create(
  Tokens(),
  { instance: Ref(Collection('users'), '1') },
)

{
  ref: Ref(Tokens(), "302044084418118144"),
  ts: 1624310535730000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
  secret: 'fnEEMRN-lkACAAQxE33O0AYA3fbFMCO_kONC35tJ2tPZIMoJ4Lc'
}

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 99
bytesOut: 291
computeOps: 1
readOps: 0
writeOps: 1
readBytes: 0
writeBytes: 414
queryTime: 39ms
retries: 0

When you create a token directly, you can also set its ttl (time to live):

client.query(
  q.Create(
    q.Tokens(),
    {
      instance: q.Ref(q.Collection('users'), '1'),
      ttl: q.TimeAdd(q.Now(), 2, 'days'),
    },
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{
  ref: Ref(Tokens(), "294155374728053248"),
  ts: 1616787275910000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
  ttl: Time("2021-03-28T19:34:35.900Z"),
  secret: 'fnEEFQzBO3ACAAQVDMDIIAYAvxbzRoRT6Tax-k8N9fGhR2ledDk'
}

result = client.query(
  q.create(
    q.tokens(),
    {
      "instance": q.ref(q.collection("users"), "1"),
      "ttl": q.time_add(q.now(), 2, "days"),
    },
  )
)
print(result)

{'ref': Ref(id=294155377506779648, collection=Ref(id=tokens)), 'ts': 1616787278560000, 'instance': Ref(id=1, collection=Ref(id=users, collection=Ref(id=collections))), 'ttl': FaunaTime('2021-03-28T19:34:38.550Z'), 'secret': 'fnEEFQzB4RACAAQVDMFlQAYAGniNtprOy79A7nWPQ8TVJfD-6zg'}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.Create(
		f.Tokens(),
		f.Obj{
			"instance": f.Ref(f.Collection("users"), "1"),
			"ttl": f.TimeAdd(f.Now(), 2, "days"),
		},
	))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[instance:{1 0xc000184660 0xc000184660 <nil>} ref:{294155364114366976 0xc0001844b0 0xc0001844b0 <nil>} secret:fnEEFQy-wtACAAQVDL37gAIADRiIr6AEwLSUV0A7XJJCKJO32x8 ts:1616787265790000 ttl:{780000000 63752556865 <nil>}]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        Create(
            Tokens(),
            Obj(
                "instance", Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
                "ttl", TimeAdd(Now(), 2, "days")
            )
        )
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(ref: RefV(id = "295343068397175296", collection = RefV(id = "tokens")),ts: LongV(1617919948860000),instance: RefV(id = "1", collection = RefV(id = "users", collection = RefV(id = "collections"))),ttl: FaunaTime(2021-03-28T19:34:28.857Z),secret: StringV(fnEEGUT0trACAAQZRPNp4AYAK_7_A4jRa6iPR5LJIRhzT8NIxYU))

Create(
  Tokens(),
  {
    instance: Ref(Collection('users'), '1'),
    ttl: TimeAdd(Now(), 2, 'days'),
  },
)

{
  ref: Ref(Tokens(), "302044087434871296"),
  ts: 1624310538620000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
  ttl: Time("2021-06-23T21:22:18.607Z"),
  secret: 'fnEEMRN_ShACAAQxE36hQAYAWLgKxjGircfBLeB5z-IGW4eZU_Y'
}

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 156
bytesOut: 332
computeOps: 1
readOps: 0
writeOps: 1
readBytes: 0
writeBytes: 430
queryTime: 46ms
retries: 0

List existing tokens

client.query(
  q.Paginate(q.Tokens())
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{ data: [ Ref(Tokens(), "255391018093904394") ] }

result = client.query(
  q.paginate(q.tokens())
)
print(result)

{'data': [Ref(id=1, collection=Ref(id=tokens))]}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.Paginate(f.Tokens()))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[data:[{1 0xc0000b7230 0xc0000b7230 <nil>}]]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        Paginate(Tokens())
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(data: Arr(RefV(id = "1", collection = RefV(id = "tokens"))))

Paginate(Tokens())

{ data: [ Ref(Tokens(), "1") ] }

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 28
bytesOut: 81
computeOps: 1
readOps: 8
writeOps: 0
readBytes: 250
writeBytes: 0
queryTime: 8ms
retries: 0

The following query lists the References for any tokens (up to the pagination limit) in a child database named "child_db":

client.query(
  q.Paginate(q.Tokens(q.Database('child_db')))
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{ data: [] }

result = client.query(
  q.paginate(q.tokens(q.database("child_db")))
)
print(result)

{'data': []}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.Paginate(f.ScopedTokens(f.Database("child_db"))))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[data:[]]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        Paginate(Tokens(Database("child_db")))
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(data: Arr())

Paginate(Tokens(Database('child_db')))

{ data: [] }

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 47
bytesOut: 24
computeOps: 1
readOps: 8
writeOps: 0
readBytes: 363
writeBytes: 0
queryTime: 14ms
retries: 0

Use Tokens() in an index

The following query creates an index on the internal tokens collection, so that tokens associated with a specific service can be queried:

client.query(
  q.CreateIndex({
    name: 'tokens_by_instance',
    permissions: { read: 'public' },
    source: q.Tokens(),
    terms: [ { field: 'instance' } ],
    values: [ { field: ['data', 'name'] } ],
  })
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{
  ref: Index("tokens_by_instance"),
  ts: 1592112574490000,
  active: true,
  serialized: true,
  name: 'tokens_by_instance',
  permissions: { read: 'public' },
  source: Tokens(),
  terms: [ { field: 'instance' } ],
  values: [ { field: [ 'data', 'name' ] } ],
  partitions: 1
}

result = client.query(
  q.create_index({
    "name": "tokens_by_instance",
    "permissions": {"read": "public"},
    "source": q.tokens(),
    "terms": [{"field": "instance"}],
    "values": [{"field": ["data", "name"]}]
  })
)
print(result)

{'ref': Ref(id=tokens_by_instance, collection=Ref(id=indexes)), 'ts': 1592867275570000, 'active': True, 'serialized': True, 'name': 'tokens_by_instance', 'permissions': {'read': 'public'}, 'source': Ref(id=tokens), 'terms': [{'field': 'instance'}], 'values': [{'field': ['data', 'name']}], 'partitions': 1}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.CreateIndex(
		f.Obj{
			"name": "tokens_by_instance",
			"permissions": f.Obj{"read": "public"},
			"source": f.Tokens(),
			"terms": f.Arr{f.Obj{"field": "instance"}},
			"values": f.Arr{f.Obj{"field": f.Arr{"data", "name"}}}}))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[active:true name:tokens_by_instance partitions:1 permissions:map[read:public] ref:{tokens_by_instance 0xc00008e210 0xc00008e210 <nil>} serialized:true source:0x15326c0 terms:[map[field:instance]] ts:1603747302540000 values:[map[field:[data name]]]]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        CreateIndex(
            Obj(
                "name", "tokens_by_instance",
                "permissions", Obj("read", "public"),
                "source", Tokens(),
                "terms", Arr(Obj("field", "instance")),
                "values", Arr(Obj("field", Arr("data", "name")))
            )
        )
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(ref: RefV(id = "tokens_by_instance", collection = RefV(id = "indexes")),ts: LongV(1603756832100000),active: BooleanV(True),serialized: BooleanV(True),name: StringV(tokens_by_instance),permissions: ObjectV(read: StringV(public)),source: RefV(id = "tokens"),terms: Arr(ObjectV(field: StringV(instance))),values: Arr(ObjectV(field: Arr(StringV(data), StringV(name)))),partitions: LongV(1))

CreateIndex({
  name: 'tokens_by_instance',
  permissions: { read: 'public' },
  source: Tokens(),
  terms: [ { field: 'instance' } ],
  values: [ { field: ['data', 'name'] } ],
})

{
  ref: Index("tokens_by_instance"),
  ts: 1624310541660000,
  active: true,
  serialized: true,
  name: 'tokens_by_instance',
  permissions: { read: 'public' },
  source: Tokens(),
  terms: [ { field: 'instance' } ],
  values: [ { field: [ 'data', 'name' ] } ],
  partitions: 1
}

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 215
bytesOut: 327
computeOps: 1
readOps: 0
writeOps: 1
readBytes: 1,364
writeBytes: 484
queryTime: 68ms
retries: 0

Modify a token

In the following query, we use an existing token’s reference to update the token with some metadata:

client.query(
  q.Update(
    q.Ref(q.Tokens(), '1'),
    { data: { meta: 'data' } }
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
.catch((err) => console.error(
  'Error: [%s] %s: %s',
  err.name,
  err.message,
  err.errors()[0].description,
))

{ ref: Ref(Tokens(), "251500495731950080"),
  ts: 1576108413460000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "251407645221585408"),
  data: { meta: 'data' } }

result = client.query(
  q.update(
    q.ref(q.tokens(), "1"),
    {"data": {"meta": "data"}}
  )
)
print(result)

{'ref': Ref(id=251502661795316224, collection=Ref(id=tokens)), 'ts': 1576110479090000, 'instance': Ref(id=251407645221585408, collection=Ref(id=users, collection=Ref(id=collections))), 'data': {'meta': 'data'}}

result, err := client.Query(
	f.Update(
		f.Ref(f.Tokens(), "1"),
		f.Obj{"data": f.Obj{"meta": "data"}},
	))

if err != nil {
	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
} else {
	fmt.Println(result)
}

map[data:map[meta:data] instance:{1 0xc000174270 0xc000174270 <nil>} ref:{1 0xc0001740c0 0xc0001740c0 <nil>} ts:1603747308150000]

try
{
    Value result = await client.Query(
        Update(
            Ref(Tokens(), "1"),
            Obj("data", Obj("meta", "data"))
        )
    );
    Console.WriteLine(result);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ERROR: {e.Message}");
}

ObjectV(ref: RefV(id = "1", collection = RefV(id = "tokens")),ts: LongV(1603756847050000),instance: RefV(id = "1", collection = RefV(id = "users", collection = RefV(id = "collections"))),data: ObjectV(meta: StringV(data)))

Update(
  Ref(Tokens(), '1'),
  { data: { meta: 'data' } }
)

{
  ref: Ref(Tokens(), "1"),
  ts: 1624310552760000,
  instance: Ref(Collection("users"), "1"),
  data: { meta: 'data' }
}

Query metrics:

bytesIn: 99
bytesOut: 234
computeOps: 1
readOps: 0
writeOps: 1
readBytes: 138
writeBytes: 172
queryTime: 63ms
retries: 0

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