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title: "BearerTokenAuthSchemeOptions"
source: "https://github.com/remix-run/remix/blob/8905f3943706e1f53696ab83e70a84873cabfc90/packages/auth-middleware/src/lib/schemes/bearer.ts#L10"
---

# BearerTokenAuthSchemeOptions

## Summary

Options for creating a bearer-token auth scheme.

## Signature

```ts
interface BearerTokenAuthSchemeOptions<identity> {
  challenge?: string
  headerName?: string
  name?: string
  scheme?: string
  verify(token: string, context: RequestContext): identity | Promise<identity | null> | null
}

```

## Properties

### `challenge`

Challenge value returned when the scheme rejects credentials.

### `headerName`

Request header that carries the bearer token.

### `name`

Method name exposed on the resolved auth state.

### `scheme`

Authorization scheme prefix expected in the header value.

## Methods

### `verify(token: string, context: RequestContext): identity | Promise<identity | null> | null`

Verifies a parsed bearer token and returns the resolved identity on success.