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79 lines
2.7 KiB
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securecookie
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============
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[](https://godoc.org/github.com/gorilla/securecookie) [](https://travis-ci.org/gorilla/securecookie)
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securecookie encodes and decodes authenticated and optionally encrypted
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cookie values.
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Secure cookies can't be forged, because their values are validated using HMAC.
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When encrypted, the content is also inaccessible to malicious eyes. It is still
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recommended that sensitive data not be stored in cookies, and that HTTPS be used
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to prevent cookie [replay attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replay_attack).
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## Examples
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To use it, first create a new SecureCookie instance:
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```go
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// Hash keys should be at least 32 bytes long
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var hashKey = []byte("very-secret")
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// Block keys should be 16 bytes (AES-128) or 32 bytes (AES-256) long.
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// Shorter keys may weaken the encryption used.
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var blockKey = []byte("a-lot-secret")
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var s = securecookie.New(hashKey, blockKey)
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```
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The hashKey is required, used to authenticate the cookie value using HMAC.
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It is recommended to use a key with 32 or 64 bytes.
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The blockKey is optional, used to encrypt the cookie value -- set it to nil
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to not use encryption. If set, the length must correspond to the block size
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of the encryption algorithm. For AES, used by default, valid lengths are
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16, 24, or 32 bytes to select AES-128, AES-192, or AES-256.
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Strong keys can be created using the convenience function GenerateRandomKey().
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Once a SecureCookie instance is set, use it to encode a cookie value:
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```go
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func SetCookieHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
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value := map[string]string{
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"foo": "bar",
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}
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if encoded, err := s.Encode("cookie-name", value); err == nil {
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cookie := &http.Cookie{
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Name: "cookie-name",
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Value: encoded,
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Path: "/",
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Secure: true,
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HttpOnly: true,
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}
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http.SetCookie(w, cookie)
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}
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}
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```
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Later, use the same SecureCookie instance to decode and validate a cookie
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value:
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```go
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func ReadCookieHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
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if cookie, err := r.Cookie("cookie-name"); err == nil {
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value := make(map[string]string)
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if err = s2.Decode("cookie-name", cookie.Value, &value); err == nil {
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fmt.Fprintf(w, "The value of foo is %q", value["foo"])
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}
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}
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}
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```
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We stored a map[string]string, but secure cookies can hold any value that
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can be encoded using `encoding/gob`. To store custom types, they must be
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registered first using gob.Register(). For basic types this is not needed;
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it works out of the box. An optional JSON encoder that uses `encoding/json` is
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available for types compatible with JSON.
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## License
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BSD licensed. See the LICENSE file for details.
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