package jwt_test import ( "fmt" "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go" "time" ) func ExampleParse(myToken string, myLookupKey func(interface{}) (interface{}, error)) { token, err := jwt.Parse(myToken, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) { return myLookupKey(token.Header["kid"]) }) if err == nil && token.Valid { fmt.Println("Your token is valid. I like your style.") } else { fmt.Println("This token is terrible! I cannot accept this.") } } func ExampleNew(mySigningKey []byte) (string, error) { // Create the token token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256) // Set some claims token.Claims["foo"] = "bar" token.Claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix() // Sign and get the complete encoded token as a string tokenString, err := token.SignedString(mySigningKey) return tokenString, err } func ExampleParse_errorChecking(myToken string, myLookupKey func(interface{}) (interface{}, error)) { token, err := jwt.Parse(myToken, func(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) { return myLookupKey(token.Header["kid"]) }) if token.Valid { fmt.Println("You look nice today") } else if ve, ok := err.(*jwt.ValidationError); ok { if ve.Errors&jwt.ValidationErrorMalformed != 0 { fmt.Println("That's not even a token") } else if ve.Errors&(jwt.ValidationErrorExpired|jwt.ValidationErrorNotValidYet) != 0 { // Token is either expired or not active yet fmt.Println("Timing is everything") } else { fmt.Println("Couldn't handle this token:", err) } } else { fmt.Println("Couldn't handle this token:", err) } }