README.md

jwt

about

This repo is a simple wrapper over jwt api to allow easy authentication for http handle functions. The primary use case is for providing an jwt authentication layer for google cloud functions.

server side

create an instance on the server side to validate incoming http.Request

http handlers should be written without any jwt logic

func myHttpHandleFunc(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	// do something...
}

then create an instance of jwt manager requesting it to enforce lifespan check

import "github.com/sdeoras/jwt"

func main() {
	mgr := jwt.NewManager("yourSecretKey", jwt.EnforceExpiration())
	
	// and wrap http handl func
	
	f := mgr.NewHTTPHandler(myHttpHandleFunc)
	
	// pass f to your http routers
}

client side

create an instance on the client side to build http.Request with jwt token embedded in it.

mgr := jwt.NewManager("yourSecretKey", jwt.SetLifeSpan(time.Second))

// call NewHTTPRequest to create a new http request

see tests for more details