cheikhshift / jwt

JWT token generation and processing with Go

go-jwt

Generate and validate JWT ( open standard RFC 7519 ) tokens with Go. The project is also compatible with gophersauce.com. This project only supports HMAC 256.

Install

go get github.com/cheikhshift/jwt

...
import "github.com/cheikhshift/jwt"

How to install on Go server

<import src="github.com/cheikhshift/jwt/gos.gxml" />

Dependencies

The package depends on gopkg.in/mgo.v2

go get gopkg.in/mgo.v2

Package interfaces

JSON

type JSON bson.M

Notes : This is the equivalent of map[string]interface{}

Token

type Token struct {
	Header, Payload bson.M
}

Variables

Key

var Key string

Secret key used to generate message signatures.

Processing tokens

func Process(jwtstring string) (token Token, err error)

The function jwt.Process will convert a JWT string into a jwt.Token.

Get token directly if your token is in an Authorization header :

func JWTFromRequest(r *http.Request) (token Token, err error) 

Handle Unauthorized request

Use the following function to set the unauthorized request code :

func CancelRequest(w http.ResponseWriter) 

Create a new token

func ToJWT(payload JSON) string