Validating a Firebase JWT with .Net Core and SignalR (without .Net FirebaseAdmin)

FirebaseCertificateManager.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;

// Used for the supply, and periodic retrieval, of Firebase public certificates

public class CertificateManager : IDisposable
    {
              private readonly Task _backgroundRefresher;
        private readonly Uri _googleCertUrl = new Uri("https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/[email protected]");
        private readonly ReaderWriterLockSlim _lock = new ReaderWriterLockSlim(LockRecursionPolicy.NoRecursion);
        private int _certificateFetchIntervalMinutes = 10;

        private Dictionary<string, X509SecurityKey> _certificates = new Dictionary<string, X509SecurityKey>();

        public CertificateManager()
        {
            _backgroundRefresher = Task.Run(async () =>
            {
                while (true)
                {
                    await RefreshTokens();
                    await Task.Delay(1000 * 60 * CertificateFetchIntervalMinutes);
                }
            });
        }

        public int CertificateFetchIntervalMinutes
        {
            get => _certificateFetchIntervalMinutes;
            set => _certificateFetchIntervalMinutes = Math.Max(value, 1);
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            _backgroundRefresher?.Dispose();
            _lock?.Dispose();
        }

        public async Task RefreshTokens()
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(CertificateManager)}.{nameof(RefreshTokens)}: Refreshing Tokens");
            _lock.EnterWriteLock();
            try
            {
                var wc = new WebClient();
                var jsonString = await wc.DownloadDataTaskAsync(_googleCertUrl);
                var keyDictionary = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<Dictionary<string, string>>(new MemoryStream(jsonString));
                _certificates = keyDictionary.ToDictionary(pair => pair.Key, pair => new X509SecurityKey(new X509Certificate2(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(pair.Value)), pair.Key));
                Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(CertificateManager)}.{nameof(RefreshTokens)}: Certificates: {_certificates.Count}");
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e);
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                _lock.ExitWriteLock();
            }
        }

        public IEnumerable<SecurityKey> GetCertificate(string token, SecurityToken securityToken, string kid, TokenValidationParameters validationParameters)
        {
            _lock.EnterReadLock();
            try
            {
                var x509SecurityKeys = _certificates.Where((pair, i) => pair.Key == kid).Select(pair => pair.Value).ToArray(); // toArray() should be called collapse expression tree
                return x509SecurityKeys;
            }
            finally
            {
                _lock.ExitReadLock();
            }
        }
   }

SignalR-Client.js

import { HubConnectionBuilder, LogLevel } from "@microsoft/signalr";

// using a delegate function as the factory
const getMyJwtToken = () => { /* return the token from somewhere */};

const connection = new HubConnectionBuilder()
    .withUrl(connectionUrl, {accessTokenFactory: getMyJwtToken })
    .withAutomaticReconnect()
    .configureLogging(LogLevel.Information)
    .build();

Startup.cs

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
using Workboard.Web.Hubs;

namespace Workboard.Web
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public const string PROJECT_ID = "my-project-121234";
        public const string AUDIENCE = PROJECT_ID;
        public const string ISSUER = "https://securetoken.google.com/" + PROJECT_ID;
        public static string[] CORS_ORIGINS = { "http://localhost:3000" }; // CORS Origin is required for SignalR

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            CertificateManager manager = new CertificateManager();            
            services.AddCors();
            
            // Nuget Package: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer
            
            services.AddAuthentication(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme).AddJwtBearer(options =>
            {
                options.Events = new JwtBearerEvents
                {
                    OnMessageReceived = context =>
                    {
                        // SignalR doesn't appear to have the bearer header
                        // The JWT is added as a query string when using the JS token factory on the SignalR JS Api
                        // JS API: new HubConnectionBuilder().withUrl(connectionUrl, {accessTokenFactory: () => getMyJwtToken()})
                        var accessToken = context.Request.Query["access_token"];
                        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(accessToken))
                        {
                            context.Token = accessToken;
                        }
                        return Task.CompletedTask;
                    },

                    /** The following hooks are very handy for debugging */
                    //OnChallenge = context => Task.CompletedTask,
                    //OnAuthenticationFailed = context => Task.CompletedTask,
                    //OnForbidden = context => Task.CompletedTask,
                    //OnTokenValidated = context => Task.CompletedTask
                };

                options.Audience = AUDIENCE;
                options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                {
                    ValidIssuer = ISSUER,
                    ValidateIssuer = true,
                    ValidateAudience = true, 
                    ValidateLifetime = true,
                    ValidateIssuerSigningKey= true,
                    ValidateActor = true,
                    ValidateTokenReplay = true,
                    IssuerSigningKeyResolver = manager.GetCertificate // Delegate for resolving certificates
                };
            });

            services.AddSignalR(options =>
            {
#if DEBUG
                options.EnableDetailedErrors = true;
#endif
            });
        }
        
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
        {
            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
            }

            app.UseAuthentication();
            app.UseRouting();
            
            app.UseCors(builder => builder.WithOrigins(CORS_ORIGINS).AllowCredentials().AllowAnyHeader());
            app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
            {
                endpoints.MapHub<ChatHub>("/myhub"); 

                // A root page is not required, but it's nice to have a health page to poll
                endpoints.MapGet("/", async context => { await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello World!"); });
            });
        }
    }
}