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Version: v2.x

Keyauth

Key auth middleware provides a key based authentication.

Signatures

func New(config ...Config) fiber.Handler

Examples

package main

import (
"crypto/sha256"
"crypto/subtle"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/keyauth"
)

var (
apiKey = "correct horse battery staple"
)

func validateAPIKey(c *fiber.Ctx, key string) (bool, error) {
hashedAPIKey := sha256.Sum256([]byte(apiKey))
hashedKey := sha256.Sum256([]byte(key))

if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hashedAPIKey[:], hashedKey[:]) == 1 {
return true, nil
}
return false, keyauth.ErrMissingOrMalformedAPIKey
}

func main() {
app := fiber.New()

// note that the keyauth middleware needs to be defined before the routes are defined!
app.Use(keyauth.New(keyauth.Config{
KeyLookup: "cookie:access_token",
Validator: validateAPIKey,
}))

app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Successfully authenticated!")
})

app.Listen(":3000")
}

Test:

# No api-key specified -> 400 missing 
curl http://localhost:3000
#> missing or malformed API Key

curl --cookie "access_token=correct horse battery staple" http://localhost:3000
#> Successfully authenticated!

curl --cookie "access_token=Clearly A Wrong Key" http://localhost:3000
#> missing or malformed API Key

For a more detailed example, see also the github.com/gofiber/recipes repository and specifically the fiber-envoy-extauthz repository and the keyauth example code.

Authenticate only certain endpoints

If you want to authenticate only certain endpoints, you can use the Config of keyauth and apply a filter function (eg. authFilter) like so

package main

import (
"crypto/sha256"
"crypto/subtle"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/keyauth"
"regexp"
"strings"
)

var (
apiKey = "correct horse battery staple"
protectedURLs = []*regexp.Regexp{
regexp.MustCompile("^/authenticated$"),
regexp.MustCompile("^/auth2$"),
}
)

func validateAPIKey(c *fiber.Ctx, key string) (bool, error) {
hashedAPIKey := sha256.Sum256([]byte(apiKey))
hashedKey := sha256.Sum256([]byte(key))

if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hashedAPIKey[:], hashedKey[:]) == 1 {
return true, nil
}
return false, keyauth.ErrMissingOrMalformedAPIKey
}

func authFilter(c *fiber.Ctx) bool {
originalURL := strings.ToLower(c.OriginalURL())

for _, pattern := range protectedURLs {
if pattern.MatchString(originalURL) {
return false
}
}
return true
}

func main() {
app := fiber.New()

app.Use(keyauth.New(keyauth.Config{
Next: authFilter,
KeyLookup: "cookie:access_token",
Validator: validateAPIKey,
}))

app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Welcome")
})
app.Get("/authenticated", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Successfully authenticated!")
})
app.Get("/auth2", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Successfully authenticated 2!")
})

app.Listen(":3000")
}

Which results in this

# / does not need to be authenticated
curl http://localhost:3000
#> Welcome

# /authenticated needs to be authenticated
curl --cookie "access_token=correct horse battery staple" http://localhost:3000/authenticated
#> Successfully authenticated!

# /auth2 needs to be authenticated too
curl --cookie "access_token=correct horse battery staple" http://localhost:3000/auth2
#> Successfully authenticated 2!

Specifying middleware in the handler

package main

import (
"crypto/sha256"
"crypto/subtle"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/keyauth"
)

const (
apiKey = "my-super-secret-key"
)

func main() {
app := fiber.New()

authMiddleware := keyauth.New(keyauth.Config{
Validator: func(c *fiber.Ctx, key string) (bool, error) {
hashedAPIKey := sha256.Sum256([]byte(apiKey))
hashedKey := sha256.Sum256([]byte(key))

if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hashedAPIKey[:], hashedKey[:]) == 1 {
return true, nil
}
return false, keyauth.ErrMissingOrMalformedAPIKey
},
})

app.Get("/", func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Welcome")
})

app.Get("/allowed", authMiddleware, func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.SendString("Successfully authenticated!")
})

app.Listen(":3000")
}

Which results in this

# / does not need to be authenticated
curl http://localhost:3000
#> Welcome

# /allowed needs to be authenticated too
curl --header "Authorization: Bearer my-super-secret-key" http://localhost:3000/allowed
#> Successfully authenticated!

Config

PropertyTypeDescriptionDefault
Nextfunc(*fiber.Ctx) boolNext defines a function to skip this middleware when returned true.nil
SuccessHandlerfiber.HandlerSuccessHandler defines a function which is executed for a valid key.nil
ErrorHandlerfiber.ErrorHandlerErrorHandler defines a function which is executed for an invalid key.401 Invalid or expired key
KeyLookupstringKeyLookup is a string in the form of "<source>:<name>" that is used to extract key from the request."header:Authorization"
AuthSchemestringAuthScheme to be used in the Authorization header."Bearer"
Validatorfunc(*fiber.Ctx, string) (bool, error)Validator is a function to validate the key.A function for key validation
ContextKeyinterface{}Context key to store the bearer token from the token into context."token"

Default Config

var ConfigDefault = Config{
SuccessHandler: func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
return c.Next()
},
ErrorHandler: func(c *fiber.Ctx, err error) error {
if err == ErrMissingOrMalformedAPIKey {
return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).SendString(err.Error())
}
return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).SendString("Invalid or expired API Key")
},
KeyLookup: "header:" + fiber.HeaderAuthorization,
AuthScheme: "Bearer",
ContextKey: "token",
}