token

Documentation

Overview

Package token implements an example of authorization token encoding/decoding that can be used in RPC headers.

Index

• type Token
  • func (t *Token) Decode(s string) error
  • func (t *Token) Encode() (string, error)

Types

type Token

type Token struct {
	// Secret is used by the server to authenticate the user
	Secret string `json:"secret"`
	// Username is used by the server to assign roles in the metadata for authorization
	Username string `json:"username"`
}

Token is a mock authorization token sent by the client as part of the RPC headers, and used by the server for authorization against a predefined policy.

func (*Token) Decode

func (t *Token) Decode(s string) error

Decode updates the internals of Token using the passed in base64 encoded version of the JSON representation of token.

func (*Token) Encode

func (t *Token) Encode() (string, error)

Encode returns a base64 encoded version of the JSON representation of token.