JWT Recipe

  • JWT authentication using HS256 algorithm.
  • JWT is retrieved from Authorization request header.

Server using Map claims

server.go

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Server using custom claims

server.go

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Client

curl

Login

Login using username and password to retrieve a token.

  1. curl -X POST -d 'username=jon' -d 'password=shhh!' localhost:1323/login

Response

  1. {
  2.   "token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NjE5NTcxMzZ9.RB3arc4-OyzASAaUhC2W3ReWaXAt_z2Fd3BN4aWTgEY"
  3. }

Request

Request a restricted resource using the token in Authorization request header.

  1. curl localhost:1323/restricted -H "Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJleHAiOjE0NjE5NTcxMzZ9.RB3arc4-OyzASAaUhC2W3ReWaXAt_z2Fd3BN4aWTgEY"

Response

  1. Welcome Jon Snow!

Source Code

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