extern crate crypto; extern crate jwt; extern crate rustc_serialize; use std::default::Default; use jwt::{ DefaultHeader, Token, }; #[derive(Default, RustcDecodable, RustcEncodable)] struct Custom { sub: String, rhino: bool, } fn new_token(user_id: &str, password: &str) -> Option { // Dummy auth if password != "password" { return None } let header: DefaultHeader = Default::default(); let claims = Custom { sub: user_id.into(), rhino: true, ..Default::default() }; let token = Token::new(header, claims); token.signed(b"secret_key").ok() } fn login(token: &str) -> Option { let token = Token::::parse(token).unwrap(); if token.verify(b"secret_key") { Some(token.claims.sub) } else { None } } fn main() { let token = new_token("Michael Yang", "password").unwrap(); let logged_in_user = login(&*token).unwrap(); assert_eq!(logged_in_user, "Michael Yang"); }