package jwt_test // using asymmetric crypto/RSA keys import ( "bytes" "crypto/rsa" "fmt" "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go" "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/request" "io" "io/ioutil" "log" "net" "net/http" "net/url" "strings" "time" ) // location of the files used for signing and verification const ( privKeyPath = "test/sample_key" // openssl genrsa -out app.rsa keysize pubKeyPath = "test/sample_key.pub" // openssl rsa -in app.rsa -pubout > app.rsa.pub ) var ( verifyKey *rsa.PublicKey signKey *rsa.PrivateKey serverPort int // storing sample username/password pairs // don't do this on a real server users = map[string]string{ "test": "known", } ) // read the key files before starting http handlers func init() { signBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(privKeyPath) fatal(err) signKey, err = jwt.ParseRSAPrivateKeyFromPEM(signBytes) fatal(err) verifyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(pubKeyPath) fatal(err) verifyKey, err = jwt.ParseRSAPublicKeyFromPEM(verifyBytes) fatal(err) http.HandleFunc("/authenticate", authHandler) http.HandleFunc("/restricted", restrictedHandler) // Setup listener listener, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", &net.TCPAddr{}) serverPort = listener.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port log.Println("Listening...") go func() { fatal(http.Serve(listener, nil)) }() } var start func() func fatal(err error) { if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } } // Define some custom types were going to use within our tokens type CustomerInfo struct { Name string Kind string } type CustomClaimsExample struct { *jwt.StandardClaims TokenType string CustomerInfo } func Example_getTokenViaHTTP() { // See func authHandler for an example auth handler that produces a token res, err := http.PostForm(fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%v/authenticate", serverPort), url.Values{ "user": {"test"}, "pass": {"known"}, }) if err != nil { fatal(err) } if res.StatusCode != 200 { fmt.Println("Unexpected status code", res.StatusCode) } // Read the token out of the response body buf := new(bytes.Buffer) io.Copy(buf, res.Body) res.Body.Close() tokenString := strings.TrimSpace(buf.String()) // Parse the token token, err := jwt.ParseWithClaims(tokenString, &CustomClaimsExample{}, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) { // since we only use the one private key to sign the tokens, // we also only use its public counter part to verify return verifyKey, nil }) fatal(err) claims := token.Claims.(*CustomClaimsExample) fmt.Println(claims.CustomerInfo.Name) //Output: test } func Example_useTokenViaHTTP() { // Make a sample token // In a real world situation, this token will have been acquired from // some other API call (see Example_getTokenViaHTTP) token, err := createToken("foo") fatal(err) // Make request. See func restrictedHandler for example request processor req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%v/restricted", serverPort), nil) fatal(err) req.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", token)) res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) fatal(err) // Read the response body buf := new(bytes.Buffer) io.Copy(buf, res.Body) res.Body.Close() fmt.Println(buf.String()) // Output: Welcome, foo } func createToken(user string) (string, error) { // create a signer for rsa 256 t := jwt.New(jwt.GetSigningMethod("RS256")) // set our claims t.Claims = &CustomClaimsExample{ &jwt.StandardClaims{ // set the expire time // see http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-20#section-4.1.4 ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Minute * 1).Unix(), }, "level1", CustomerInfo{user, "human"}, } // Creat token string return t.SignedString(signKey) } // reads the form values, checks them and creates the token func authHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // make sure its post if r.Method != "POST" { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest) fmt.Fprintln(w, "No POST", r.Method) return } user := r.FormValue("user") pass := r.FormValue("pass") log.Printf("Authenticate: user[%s] pass[%s]\n", user, pass) // check values if user != "test" || pass != "known" { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusForbidden) fmt.Fprintln(w, "Wrong info") return } tokenString, err := createToken(user) if err != nil { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError) fmt.Fprintln(w, "Sorry, error while Signing Token!") log.Printf("Token Signing error: %v\n", err) return } w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/jwt") w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK) fmt.Fprintln(w, tokenString) } // only accessible with a valid token func restrictedHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // Get token from request token, err := request.ParseFromRequestWithClaims(r, request.OAuth2Extractor, &CustomClaimsExample{}, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) { // since we only use the one private key to sign the tokens, // we also only use its public counter part to verify return verifyKey, nil }) // If the token is missing or invalid, return error if err != nil { w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized) fmt.Fprintln(w, "Invalid token:", err) return } // Token is valid fmt.Fprintln(w, "Welcome,", token.Claims.(*CustomClaimsExample).Name) return }