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Implementing JWT Authentication in Go with Gin Framework

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package auth

import (
	"net/http"
	"time"
	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
)

const secretKey = "application_secret_key"

type AuthController struct{}

type UserCredentials struct {
	Username string `json:"username"`
	Password string `json:"password"`
}

type TokenClaims struct {
	UserID string `json:"user_id"`
	jwt.StandardClaims
}

func (ac AuthController) Authenticate(c *gin.Context) {
	var creds UserCredentials
	if err := c.ShouldBindJSON(&creds); err != nil {
		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusBadRequest, 
			gin.H{"message": "Invalid credentials format"})
		return
	}

	if !validateCredentials(creds) {
		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusUnauthorized,
			gin.H{"message": "Authentication failed"})
		return
	}

	token, err := createToken(creds.Username)
	if err != nil {
		c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusInternalServerError,
			gin.H{"message": "Token generation error"})
		return
	}

	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"access_token": token})
}

func createToken(userID string) (string, error) {
	expiry := time.Now().Add(30 * time.Minute)
	claims := &TokenClaims{
		UserID: userID,
		StandardClaims: jwt.StandardClaims{
			ExpiresAt: expiry.Unix(),
		},
	}

	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, claims)
	return token.SignedString([]byte(secretKey))
}

func (ac AuthController) Protect() gin.HandlerFunc {
	return func(c *gin.Context) {
		authHeader := c.GetHeader("Authorization")
		if authHeader == "" {
			c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusUnauthorized,
				gin.H{"message": "Missing authorization header"})
			return
		}

		claims, err := verifyToken(authHeader)
		if err != nil {
			c.AbortWithStatusJSON(http.StatusUnauthorized,
				gin.H{"message": "Invalid token"})
			return
		}

		c.Set("user", claims.UserID)
		c.Next()
	}
}

func verifyToken(tokenString string) (*TokenClaims, error) {
	claims := &TokenClaims{}
	token, err := jwt.ParseWithClaims(tokenString, claims, 
		func(t *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
			return []byte(secretKey), nil
		})

	if err != nil || !token.Valid {
		return nil, err
	}

	return claims, nil
}

func validateCredentials(creds UserCredentials) bool {
	// Replace with actual authentication logic
	return creds.Username == "admin" && creds.Password == "secure123"
}

To use this authentication system in your Gin routes:

// Public route for authentication
router.POST("/login", authController.Authenticate)

// Protected route example
router.GET("/dashboard", authController.Protect(), func(c *gin.Context) {
	userID := c.MustGet("user").(string)
	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{"message": "Welcome " + userID})
})

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