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Version: v2.x

Encrypt Cookie

Encrypt middleware for Fiber which encrypts cookie values. Note: this middleware does not encrypt cookie names.

Signatures

// Intitializes the middleware
func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler

// Returns a random 32 character long string
func GenerateKey() string

Examples

Import the middleware package that is part of the Fiber web framework

import (
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/encryptcookie"
)

After you initiate your Fiber app, you can use the following possibilities:

// Provide a minimal config
// `Key` must be a 32 character string. It's used to encrypt the values, so make sure it is random and keep it secret.
// You can run `openssl rand -base64 32` or call `encryptcookie.GenerateKey()` to create a random key for you.
// Make sure not to set `Key` to `encryptcookie.GenerateKey()` because that will create a new key every run.
app.Use(encryptcookie.New(encryptcookie.Config{
Key: "secret-thirty-2-character-string",
}))

// Get / reading out the encrypted cookie
app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("value=" + c.Cookies("test"))
})

// Post / create the encrypted cookie
app.Post("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
c.Cookie(&fiber.Cookie{
Name: "test",
Value: "SomeThing",
})
return nil
})

Config

// Config defines the config for middleware.
type Config struct {
// Next defines a function to skip this middleware when returned true.
//
// Optional. Default: nil
Next func(c *fiber.Ctx) bool

// Array of cookie keys that should not be encrypted.
//
// Optional. Default: ["csrf_"]
Except []string

// Base64 encoded unique key to encode & decode cookies.
//
// Required. The key should be 32 bytes of random data in base64-encoded form.
// You may run `openssl rand -base64 32` or use `encryptcookie.GenerateKey()` to generate a new key.
Key string

// Custom function to encrypt cookies.
//
// Optional. Default: EncryptCookie
Encryptor func(decryptedString, key string) (string, error)

// Custom function to decrypt cookies.
//
// Optional. Default: DecryptCookie
Decryptor func(encryptedString, key string) (string, error)
}

Default Config

var ConfigDefault = Config{
Next: nil,
Except: []string{"csrf_"},
Key: "",
Encryptor: EncryptCookie,
Decryptor: DecryptCookie,
}

Normally, encryptcookie middleware skips csrf_ cookies. However, it won't work when you use custom cookie names for CSRF. You should update Except config to avoid this problem. For example:

app.Use(encryptcookie.New(encryptcookie.Config{
Key: "secret-thirty-2-character-string",
Except: []string{"csrf_1"}, // exclude CSRF cookie
}))
app.Use(csrf.New(csrf.Config{
KeyLookup: "form:test",
CookieName: "csrf_1",
CookieHTTPOnly: true,
}))