GOTP - The Golang One-Time Password Library

GOTP is a Golang package for generating and verifying one-time passwords. It can be used to implement two-factor (2FA) or multi-factor (MFA) authentication methods in anywhere that requires users to log in.

Open MFA standards are defined in RFC 4226 (HOTP: An HMAC-Based One-Time Password Algorithm) and in RFC 6238 (TOTP: Time-Based One-Time Password Algorithm). GOTP implements server-side support for both of these standards.

GOTP was inspired by PyOTP.

Installation

$ go get github.com/xlzd/gotp

Usage

Check API docs at https://godoc.org/github.com/xlzd/gotp

Time-based OTPs

totp := gotp.NewDefaultTOTP("4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO")
totp.Now()  // current otp '123456'
totp.At(1524486261)  // otp of timestamp 1524486261 '123456'

# OTP verified for a given timestamp
totp.Verify('492039', 1524486261)  // true
totp.Verify('492039', 1520000000)  // false

// generate a provisioning uri
totp.ProvisioningUri("demoAccountName", "issuerName")
// otpauth://totp/issuerName:demoAccountName?secret=4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO&issuer=issuerName

Counter-based OTPs

hotp := gotp.NewDefaultHOTP("4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO")
hotp.At(0)  // '944181'
hotp.At(1)  // '770975'

// OTP verified for a given timestamp
hotp.Verify('944181', 0)  // true
hotp.Verify('944181', 1)  // false

// generate a provisioning uri
hotp.ProvisioningUri("demoAccountName", "issuerName", 1)
// otpauth://hotp/issuerName:demoAccountName?secret=4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO&counter=1&issuer=issuerName

Generate random secret

secretLength := 16
gotp.RandomSecret(secretLength) // LMT4URYNZKEWZRAA

Google Authenticator Compatible

GOTP works with the Google Authenticator iPhone and Android app, as well as other OTP apps like Authy. GOTP includes the ability to generate provisioning URIs for use with the QR Code scanner built into these MFA client apps via otpObj.ProvisioningUri method:

gotp.NewDefaultTOTP("4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO").ProvisioningUri("demoAccountName", "issuerName")
// otpauth://totp/issuerName:demoAccountName?secret=4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO&issuer=issuerName


gotp.NewDefaultHOTP("4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO").ProvisioningUri("demoAccountName", "issuerName", 1)
// otpauth://hotp/issuerName:demoAccountName?secret=4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO&counter=1&issuer=issuerName

This URL can then be rendered as a QR Code which can then be scanned and added to the users list of OTP credentials.

Working example

Scan the following barcode with your phone's OTP app (e.g. Google Authenticator):

Now run the following and compare the output:

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/xlzd/gotp"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Current OTP is", gotp.NewDefaultTOTP("4S62BZNFXXSZLCRO").Now())
}

License

GOTP is licensed under the MIT License

xlzd / gotp