adhocore/goic

GOIC, Go Open ID Connect, is OpenID connect client library for Golang. It supports the Authorization Code Flow of OpenID Connect specification.

Installation

go get -u github.com/adhocore/goic

Usage

Decide an endpoint (aka URI) in your server where you would like goic to intercept and add OpenID Connect flow. Let's say /auth/o8. Then the provider name follows it. All the OpenID providers that your server should support will need a unique name and each of the providers get a URI like so /auth/o8/<name>. Example:

Provider	Name	OpenID URI	Revocation	Signout
Google	google	/auth/o8/google	Yes	No
Facebook	facebook	/auth/o8/facebook	No	No
Microsoft	microsoft	/auth/o8/microsoft	No	Yes
Yahoo	yahoo	/auth/o8/yahoo	Yes	No
Paypal	paypal	/auth/o8/paypal	No	No

Important: All the providers must provide .well-known configurations for OpenID auto discovery.

Get ready with OpenID provider credentials (client id and secret). For Google, check this. To use the example below you need to export GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID and GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET env vars.

You also need to configure application domain and redirect URI in the Provider console/dashboard. (redirect URI is same as OpenID URI in above table).

Below is an example for authorization code flow but instead of copy/pasting it entirely you can use it for reference.

package main

import (
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"

	"github.com/adhocore/goic"
)

func main() {
	// Init GOIC with a root uri and verbose mode (=true)
	g := goic.New("/auth/o8", true)

	// Register Google provider with name google and its auth URI
	// It will preemptively load well-known config and jwks keys
	p := g.NewProvider("google", "https://accounts.google.com")

	// Configure credentials for Google provider
	p.WithCredential(os.Getenv("GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID"), os.Getenv("GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET"))

	// Configure scope
	p.WithScope("openid email profile")

	// Define a callback that will receive token and user info on successful verification
	g.UserCallback(func(t *goic.Token, u *goic.User, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		// Persist token and user info as you wish! Be sure to check for error in `u.Error` first
		// Use the available `w` and `r` params to show some nice page with message to your user
		// OR redirect them to homepage/dashboard etc

		// However, for the example, here I just dump it in backend console
		log.Println("token: ", t)
		log.Println("user: ", u)

		// and tell the user it is all good:
		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("All good, check backend console"))
	})

	// Listen address for server, 443 for https as OpenID connect mandates it!
	addr := "localhost:443"
	// You need to find a way to run your localhost in HTTPS as well.
	// You may also alias it something like `goic.lvh.me` (lvh is local virtual host)
	// *.lvh.me is automatically mapped to 127.0.0.1 in unix systems.

	// A catch-all dummy handler
	handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(r.Method + " " + r.URL.Path))
	}

	log.Println("Server running on https://localhost")
	log.Println("            Visit https://localhost/auth/o8/google")

	// This is just example (don't copy it)
	useMux := os.Getenv("GOIC_HTTP_MUX") == "1"
	if useMux {
		mux := http.NewServeMux()
		// If you use http mux, wrap your handler with g.MiddlewareHandler
		mux.Handle("/", g.MiddlewareHandler(http.HandlerFunc(handler)))
		server := &http.Server{Addr: addr, Handler: mux}
		log.Fatal(server.ListenAndServeTLS("server.crt", "server.key"))
	} else {
		// If you just use plain simple handler func,
		// wrap your handler with g.MiddlewareFunc
		http.HandleFunc("/", g.MiddlewareFunc(handler))
		log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServeTLS(addr, "server.crt", "server.key", nil))
	}
}

// OR, you can use shorthand syntax to register providers:

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
g.AddProvider(goic.Google.WithCredential(os.Getenv("GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID"), os.Getenv("GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET")))
g.AddProvider(goic.Microsoft.WithCredential(os.Getenv("MICROSOFT_CLIENT_ID"), os.Getenv("MICROSOFT_CLIENT_SECRET")))
g.AddProvider(goic.Yahoo.WithCredential(os.Getenv("YAHOO_CLIENT_ID"), os.Getenv("YAHOO_CLIENT_SECRET")))

// ...

After having code like that, build the binary (go build) and run server program (./<binary>).

You need to point Sign in with <provider> button to https://localhost/auth/o8/<provider> for your end user. For example:

<a href="https://localhost/auth/o8/google">Sign in with Google</a>
<a href="https://localhost/auth/o8/microsoft">Sign in with Microsoft</a>
<a href="https://localhost/auth/o8/yahoo">Sign in with Yahoo</a>

The complete flow is managed and handled by GOIC for you and on successful verification, You will be able to receive user and token info in your callback via g.UserCallback! That is where you persist the user data, set some cookie etc.

Check examples directory later for more, as it will be updated when GOIC has new features.

The example and discussion here assume localhost domain so adjust that accordingly for your domains.

Signing out

For signing out you need to manually invoke g.SignOut() from within http context. See the API below. There is also a working example. Note that not all Providers support signing out.

Revocation

To revoke a token manually, invoke g.RevokeToken() from any context. See the API below. There is also a working example. Note that not all Providers support revocation.

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GOIC API

GOIC supports full end-to-end for Authorization Code Flow, however if you want to manually interact, here's summary of API:

Supports

Use it to check if a provider is supported.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
g.NewProvider("abc", "...").WithCredential("...", "...")

g.Supports("abc") // true
g.Supports("xyz") // false

RequestAuth

Manually request authentication from OpenID Provider. Must be called from within http context.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
p := g.NewProvider("abc", "...").WithCredential("...", "...")

// Generate random unique state and nonce
state, nonce := goic.RandomString(24), goic.RandomString(24)
// You must save them to cookie/session, so it can be retrieved later for crosscheck

// redir is the redirect url in your host for provider of interest
redir := "https://localhost/auth/o8/" + p.Name

// Redirects to provider first and then back to above redir url
// res = http.ResponseWriter, req = *http.Request
err := g.RequestAuth(p, state, nonce, redir, res, req)

Authenticate

Manually attempt to authenticate after the request comes back from OpenID Provider.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
p := g.NewProvider("abc", "...").WithCredential("...", "...")

// Read openid provider code from query param, and nonce from cookie/session etc
// PS: Validate that the nonce is relevant to the state sent by openid provider
code, nonce := "", ""

// redir is the redirect url in your host for provider of interest
redir := "https://localhost/auth/o8/" + p.Name

tok, err := g.Authenticate(p, code, nonce, redir)

RefreshToken

Use it to request Access token by using refresh token.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
// ... add providers
old := &goic.Token{RefreshToken: "your refresh token", Provider: goic.Microsoft.Name}
tok, err := g.RefreshToken(old)
// Do something with new tok.AccessToken

Userinfo

Manually request Userinfo by using the token returned by Authentication above.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
p := g.NewProvider("abc", "...").WithCredential("...", "...")
// ...
tok, err := g.Authenticate(p, code, nonce, redir)
user := g.UserInfo(tok)
err := user.Error

SignOut

Use it to sign out the user from OpenID Provider. Must be called from within http context. Ideally, you would clear the session and logout user from your own system first and then invoke SignOut.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
p := g.NewProvider("abc", "...").WithCredential("...", "...")
// ...
tok := &goic.Token{AccessToken: "current session token", Provider: p.Name}
err := g.SignOut(tok, "http://some/preconfigured/redir/uri", res, req)
// redir uri is optional
err := g.SignOut(tok, "", res, req)

RevokeToken

Use it to revoke the token so that is incapacitated.

g := goic.New("/auth/o8", false)
p := g.NewProvider("abc", "...").WithCredential("...", "...")
// ...
tok := &goic.Token{AccessToken: "current session token", Provider: p.Name}
err := g.RevokeToken(tok)

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Demo

GOIC has been implemented in opensource project adhocore/urlsh:

Provider	Name	Demo URL
Google	google	urlssh.xyz/auth/o8/google
Microsoft	microsoft	urlssh.xyz/auth/o8/microsoft
Yahoo	yahoo	urlssh.xyz/auth/o8/yahoo

On successful verification your information is echoed back to you as JSON but not saved in server (pinky promise).

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TODO

• Support refresh token grant_type Check #2
• Tests and more tests
• Release stable version
• Support OpenID Implicit Flow Check #3

License

© MIT | 2021-2099, Jitendra Adhikari

Credits

Release managed by please.

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