header

Documentation

Overview

Package header provides a request header based implementation of a session loader.

Index

• func TokenFromHeader(r *http.Request, authHeader, authType string) string
• type Store
  • func NewStore(enc encoding.Unmarshaler, headerType string) *Store
  • func (as *Store) LoadSession(r *http.Request) (string, error)

Functions

func TokenFromHeader

func TokenFromHeader(r *http.Request, authHeader, authType string) string

TokenFromHeader retrieves the value of the authorization header from a given request, header key, and authentication type.

Types

type Store

type Store struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Store implements the load session store interface using http authorization headers.

func NewStore

func NewStore(enc encoding.Unmarshaler, headerType string) *Store

NewStore returns a new header store for loading sessions from authorization header as defined in as defined in rfc2617

NOTA BENE: While most servers do not log Authorization headers by default, you should ensure no other services are logging or leaking your auth headers.

func (*Store) LoadSession

func (as *Store) LoadSession(r *http.Request) (string, error)

LoadSession tries to retrieve the token string from the Authorization header.