package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"time"
"github.com/kataras/jwt"
)
var sharedKey = []byte("sercrethatmaycontainch@r$32chars")
func main() {
http.HandleFunc("/", getTokenHandler)
http.HandleFunc("/protected", verify(protectedHandler))
log.Printf("Server listening on: http://localhost:8080")
http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
}
// Generate token.
func getTokenHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
now := time.Now()
token, err := jwt.Sign(jwt.HS256, sharedKey, map[string]interface{}{
"iat": now.Unix(),
"exp": now.Add(15 * time.Minute).Unix(),
"foo": "bar",
})
if err != nil {
log.Printf("Generate token failure: %v", err)
http.Error(w, "failure: sign and encode the token", http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
}
tokenString := string(token)
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html;charset=utf-8")
fmt.Fprintf(w, `Token: %s
/protected?token=%s`,
tokenString, tokenString, tokenString)
}
// A route handler that always executed on verified requests.
func protectedHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
verifiedToken := r.Context().Value(tokenContextKey).(*jwt.VerifiedToken)
var claims map[string]interface{}
// ^ can be any type, e.g.
// var claims = struct {
// Foo string `json:"foo"`
// }{}
if err := verifiedToken.Claims(&claims); err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "This is an authenticated request made of token: %q\n\n", verifiedToken.Token)
for key, value := range claims {
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s = %v (%T)\n", key, value, value)
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "\nStandard Claims:\n%#+v\n", verifiedToken.StandardClaims)
}
// -----------------------------------|
// Our HTTP middleware implementation |
// -----------------------------------|
type contextKey uint8
const tokenContextKey contextKey = 1
// Our JWT middleware.
// Usage: http.HandleFunc("/route", verify(routeHandler))
// and see the `protectedHandler`.
func verify(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
token := r.URL.Query().Get("token")
if token == "" {
unauthorized(w)
return
}
verifiedToken, err := jwt.Verify(jwt.HS256, sharedKey, []byte(token))
if err != nil {
unauthorized(w)
return
}
// OK, the token is verified.
//
// Store the verified token instance to the context of the Request instance,
// to give the ability to the handler itself decode the custom claims to a custom Go value type.
// If the last is not required, you can store and share
// the map or the go structure value instead of the "verifiedToken" instance (see the 'verify2' example).
r = r.WithContext(context.WithValue(r.Context(), tokenContextKey, verifiedToken))
// Finally, execute the next handler.
next(w, r)
}
}
// Usage:
// http.HandleFunc("/route", verify(routeHandler))
// claims := r.Context().Value(tokenContextKey).(jwt.Map)
func verify2(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
/*
Another idea, when you want a single middleware to support different
Go structs (benefit: type safety when access the claims fields):
verify2(getClaimsPtr func() interface{}, next http.HandlerFunc) {
// [...]
claimsPtr := getClaimsPtr()
verifiedToken.Claims(claimsPtr)
// [...]
}
Another idea's usage:
verify2(func() interface{} {
return &userClaims{}
}, routeHandler)
Inside the handler:
claims := r.Context().Value(tokenContextKey).(*userClaims)
*/
return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
token := r.URL.Query().Get("token")
if token == "" {
unauthorized(w)
return
}
verifiedToken, err := jwt.Verify(jwt.HS256, sharedKey, []byte(token))
if err != nil {
unauthorized(w)
return
}
var claims jwt.Map
// Another idea:
// claimsPtr := getClaimsFunc()
// verifiedToken.Claims(claimsPtr)
if err = verifiedToken.Claims(&claims); err != nil {
unauthorized(w)
return
}
// Store the the map or the go structure claims value directly.
r = r.WithContext(context.WithValue(r.Context(), tokenContextKey, claims))
// Finally, execute the next handler.
next(w, r)
}
}
func unauthorized(w http.ResponseWriter) {
http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusUnauthorized), http.StatusUnauthorized)
}