use medallion::{DefaultPayload, DefaultToken, Header}; use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize}; #[derive(Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)] struct Custom { // useful if you want a None to not appear in the serialized JSON #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")] kid: Option, typ: String, } fn new_token(sub: &str, password: &str) -> Option { // dummy auth, in a real application using something like openidconnect, this would be some // specific authentication scheme that takes place first then the JWT is generated as part of // sucess and signed with the provider's private key so other services can validate trust for // the claims in the token if password != "password" { return None; } let header = Header { // customer headers generally are about the token itself, like here describing the type of // token, as opposed to claims which are about the authenticated user or some output of // the authentication process headers: Some(Custom { typ: "JWT".into(), ..Custom::default() }), ..Default::default() }; let payload = DefaultPayload { sub: Some(sub.into()), ..DefaultPayload::default() }; let token = DefaultToken::new(header, payload); token.sign(b"secret_key").ok() } fn login(token: &str) -> Option { let token = DefaultToken::::parse(token).unwrap(); if token.verify(b"secret_key").unwrap() { Some(token.payload.sub.unwrap()) } else { None } } fn main() { let token = new_token("Random User", "password").unwrap(); let logged_in_user = login(&*token).unwrap(); assert_eq!(logged_in_user, "Random User"); }