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Protect gorilla/mux Subroute with basic auth
package main
/*
* This Gist and it's other versions are from:
*
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42321789/unable-to-protect-gorilla-mux-subroute-with-basic-auth
*/
import (
"crypto/subtle"
"encoding/json"
"log"
"net/http"
"github.com/gorilla/mux"
"github.com/urfave/negroni"
)
func endAPICall(w http.ResponseWriter, httpStatus int, anyStruct interface{}) {
result, err := json.MarshalIndent(anyStruct, "", " ")
if err != nil {
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
}
w.WriteHeader(httpStatus)
w.Write(result)
}
func BasicAuth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, username, password, realm string) bool {
user, pass, ok := r.BasicAuth()
if !ok || subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(user), []byte(username)) != 1 || subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(pass), []byte(password)) != 1 {
w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", `Basic realm="`+realm+`"`)
w.WriteHeader(401)
w.Write([]byte("Unauthorised.\n"))
return false
}
return true
}
func routers() *mux.Router {
username := "apiuser"
password := "apipass"
v2Path := "/v2"
healthPath := "/health"
topRouter := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
healthRouter := mux.NewRouter().PathPrefix(healthPath).Subrouter().StrictSlash(true)
v2Router := mux.NewRouter().PathPrefix(v2Path).Subrouter().StrictSlash(true)
healthRouter.HandleFunc("/ping", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
endAPICall(w, 200, "PONG")
})
v2Router.HandleFunc("/smallcat", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
endAPICall(w, 200, "Small Meow")
})
bigMeowFn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
endAPICall(w, 200, "Big MEOW")
}
v2Router.HandleFunc("/bigcat", bigMeowFn)
topRouter.PathPrefix(healthPath).Handler(negroni.New(
/* Health-check routes are unprotected */
negroni.Wrap(healthRouter),
))
topRouter.PathPrefix(v2Path).Handler(negroni.New(
negroni.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next http.HandlerFunc) {
if BasicAuth(w, r, username, password, "Provide user name and password") {
/* Call the next handler iff Basic-Auth succeeded */
next(w, r)
}
}),
negroni.Wrap(v2Router),
))
return topRouter
}
func main() {
if r := routers(); r != nil {
log.Fatal("Server exited:", http.ListenAndServe(":3000", r))
}
}
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