Function generateToken

examples/server/auth-middleware/main.go:70–85

generateToken creates a JWT token for testing purposes. In a real application, this would be handled by your authentication service.

(userID string, scopes []string, expiresIn time.Duration)

// generateToken creates a JWT token for testing purposes.
// In a real application, this would be handled by your authentication service.
func generateToken(userID string, scopes []string, expiresIn time.Duration) (string, error) {
	// Create JWT claims with user information and scopes.
	claims := JWTClaims{
		UserID: userID,
		Scopes: scopes,
		RegisteredClaims: jwt.RegisteredClaims{
			ExpiresAt: jwt.NewNumericDate(time.Now().Add(expiresIn)), // Token expiration
			IssuedAt:  jwt.NewNumericDate(time.Now()),                // Token issuance time
			NotBefore: jwt.NewNumericDate(time.Now()),                // Token validity start time
		},
	}

	// Create and sign the JWT token.
	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, claims)
	return token.SignedString(jwtSecret)
}

// verifyJWT verifies JWT tokens and returns TokenInfo for the auth middleware.
// This function implements the TokenVerifier interface required by auth.RequireBearerToken.