jwt_auth.go

// Copyright 2022 The go-ethereum Authors
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package node

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"time"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
)

// NewJWTAuth creates an rpc client authentication provider that uses JWT. The
// secret MUST be 32 bytes (256 bits) as defined by the Engine-API authentication spec.
//
// See https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis/blob/main/src/engine/authentication.md
// for more details about this authentication scheme.
func NewJWTAuth(jwtsecret [32]byte) rpc.HTTPAuth {
	return func(h http.Header) error {
		token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, jwt.MapClaims{
			"iat": &jwt.NumericDate{Time: time.Now()},
		})
		s, err := token.SignedString(jwtsecret[:])
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create JWT token: %w", err)
		}
		h.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+s)
		return nil
	}
}