package config import ( "math/rand" "net/http" "time" ) const ( tokenSize = 80 letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890" letterIdxBits = 6 // 6 bits to represent a letter index letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1 // All 1-bits, as many as letterIdxBits letterIdxMax = 63 / letterIdxBits // # of letter indices fitting in 63 bits ) // CheckToken checs if current token is the same as the one used in the request func (c Config) CheckToken(r *http.Request) bool { token := r.Header.Get("Token") return c.Token == token } // GenerateToken geneerates a new token func (c *Config) GenerateToken() { src := rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()) b := make([]byte, tokenSize) // A src.Int63() generates 63 random bits, enough for letterIdxMax characters! // future reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-string-of-a-fixed-length-in-golang for i, cache, remain := tokenSize-1, src.Int63(), letterIdxMax; i >= 0; { if remain == 0 { cache, remain = src.Int63(), letterIdxMax } if idx := int(cache & letterIdxMask); idx < len(letterBytes) { b[i] = letterBytes[idx] i-- } cache >>= letterIdxBits remain-- } c.Token = string(b) }