Allow passing in a single string location to the locations kwarg

docs/add_custom_data_claims.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Storing Data in Access Tokens
-=============================
+Storing Additional Data in JWTs
+===============================
 You may want to store additional information in the access token which you could
 later access in the protected views. This can be done using the ``additional_claims``
 argument with the :func:`~flask_jwt_extended.create_access_token` or

examples/additional_data_in_access_token.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def login():
 # In a protected view, get the claims you added to the jwt with the
 # get_jwt() method
 @app.route("/protected", methods=["GET"])
-@jwt_required
+@jwt_required()
 def protected():
     claims = get_jwt()
     return jsonify(foo=claims["foo"])

examples/loaders.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def login():
 
 
 @app.route("/protected", methods=["GET"])
-@jwt_required
+@jwt_required()
 def protected():
     return jsonify(hello="world")
 

flask_jwt_extended/view_decorators.py

@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ def verify_jwt_in_request(optional=False, fresh=False, refresh=False, locations=
         If ``True``, require a refresh JWT to be verified.
 
     :param locations:
-        A list of locations to look for the JWT in this request, for example:
-        ``['headers', 'cookies']``. Defaluts to ``None`` which indicates that JWTs
-        will be looked for in the locations defined by the ``JWT_TOKEN_LOCATION``
-        configuration option.
+        A location or list of locations to look for the JWT in this request, for
+        example ``'headers'`` or ``['headers', 'cookies']``. Defaluts to ``None``
+        which indicates that JWTs will be looked for in the locations defined by the
+        ``JWT_TOKEN_LOCATION`` configuration option.
     """
     if request.method in config.exempt_methods:
         return
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ def jwt_required(optional=False, fresh=False, refresh=False, locations=None):
         requires an access JWT to access this endpoint. Defaults to ``False``.
 
     :param locations:
-        A list of locations to look for the JWT in this request, for example:
-        ``['headers', 'cookies']``. Defaluts to ``None`` which indicates that JWTs
-        will be looked for in the locations defined by the ``JWT_TOKEN_LOCATION``
-        configuration option.
+        A location or list of locations to look for the JWT in this request, for
+        example ``'headers'`` or ``['headers', 'cookies']``. Defaluts to ``None``
+        which indicates that JWTs will be looked for in the locations defined by the
+        ``JWT_TOKEN_LOCATION`` configuration option.
     """
 
     def wrapper(fn):
@@ -227,26 +227,28 @@ def _decode_jwt_from_json(refresh):
 
 
 def _decode_jwt_from_request(locations, fresh, refresh=False):
-    # All the places we can get a JWT from in this request
-    get_encoded_token_functions = []
+    # Figure out what locations to look for the JWT in this request
+    if isinstance(locations, str):
+        locations = [locations]
 
-    # Get locations in the order specified by the decorator or JWT_TOKEN_LOCATION
-    # configuration.
     if not locations:
         locations = config.token_location
 
-    # Add the functions in the order specified by locations.
+    # Get the decode functions in the order specified by locations.
+    get_encoded_token_functions = []
     for location in locations:
         if location == "cookies":
             get_encoded_token_functions.append(
                 lambda: _decode_jwt_from_cookies(refresh)
             )
-        if location == "query_string":
+        elif location == "query_string":
             get_encoded_token_functions.append(_decode_jwt_from_query_string)
-        if location == "headers":
+        elif location == "headers":
             get_encoded_token_functions.append(_decode_jwt_from_headers)
-        if location == "json":
+        elif location == "json":
             get_encoded_token_functions.append(lambda: _decode_jwt_from_json(refresh))
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError(f"'{location}' is not a valid location")
 
     # Try to find the token from one of these locations. It only needs to exist
     # in one place to be valid (not every location).

tests/test_view_decorators.py

@@ -187,6 +187,38 @@ def test_jwt_optional(app, delta_func):
     assert response.get_json() == {"msg": "Token has expired"}
 
 
+def test_override_jwt_location(app):
+    app.config["JWT_TOKEN_LOCATION"] = ["cookies"]
+
+    @app.route("/protected_other")
+    @jwt_required(locations="headers")
+    def protected_other():
+        return jsonify(foo="bar")
+
+    @app.route("/protected_invalid")
+    @jwt_required(locations="INVALID_LOCATION")
+    def protected_invalid():
+        return jsonify(foo="bar")
+
+    test_client = app.test_client()
+    with app.test_request_context():
+        access_token = create_access_token("username")
+
+    url = "/protected_other"
+    response = test_client.get(url, headers=make_headers(access_token))
+    assert response.get_json() == {"foo": "bar"}
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    url = "/protected"
+    response = test_client.get(url, headers=make_headers(access_token))
+    assert response.status_code == 401
+    assert response.get_json() == {"msg": 'Missing cookie "access_token_cookie"'}
+
+    url = "/protected_invalid"
+    response = test_client.get(url, headers=make_headers(access_token))
+    assert response.status_code == 500
+
+
 def test_invalid_jwt(app):
     url = "/protected"
     jwtM = get_jwt_manager(app)