golang.md

title	Go API Tutorial
name	Go
thirdParty	false
alias	go golang
languages	Go
image	/media/platforms/golang.png
tags	quickstart
snippets	dependencies setup use server-apis/golang/dependencies server-apis/golang/setup server-apis/golang/use

GoLang API Tutorial

<%= include('../_includes/_package', { pkgRepo: 'auth0-golang', pkgBranch: 'master', pkgPath: 'examples/go-api', pkgFilePath: null, pkgType: 'server' }) %>

Otherwise, Please follow the steps below to configure your existing Go Programming Language app to use it with Auth0.

1. Install go-jwt-middleware dependency

Install go-jwt-middleware to check for JWTs on HTTP requests.

Just run the following code to install the dependency

${snippet(meta.snippets.dependencies)}

2. Configure go-jwt-middleware to use your Auth0 Account

You need to set the ClientSecret in go-jwt-middleware's configuration so that it can validate JWTs for you.

${snippet(meta.snippets.setup)}

3. Secure your API

Now, you can use the go-jwt-middleware to secure your API. You can do so using net/http handlers or using negroni middlewares as well.

${snippet(meta.snippets.use)}

4. Call Your API

You can now make requests against your secure API by providing the Authorization header in your requests with a valid JWT id_token.

{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "http://localhost:3001/path_to_your_api",
  "headers": [
    { "name": "Authorization", "value": "Bearer YOUR_ID_TOKEN_HERE" }
  ]
}

5. You're done!

Now you have both your FrontEnd and Backend configured to use Auth0. Congrats, you're awesome!