feat: add API token authentication (closes #87) #94
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API Token Authentication
Adds bearer token authentication for the API, allowing programmatic access without session cookies.
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api_tokenstable (id, user_id, name, token_hash, created_at, expires_at, last_used_at)APITokenwith Create, Find, Delete, ListByUser, TouchLastUsedupaas_+ 32 hex chars (16 random bytes)APISessionAuth()checksAuthorization: Bearer <token>first, falls back to session cookiePOST /api/v1/tokens— create token (returns plaintext once)GET /api/v1/tokens— list tokens (name + metadata, no plaintext)DELETE /api/v1/tokens/{id}— revoke tokenmake testoutputAll tests pass:
make checknotesLint passes for all new code. 3 pre-existing gosec findings in
api.goandapp.go(not introduced by this PR).Closes #87
Solid API token auth implementation. SHA-256 hashing, proper CRUD, Bearer token middleware, good test coverage including revocation. Well done.
Security observations:
Token entropy: 16 bytes (128 bits) — adequate but on the lower end. 32 bytes would be more conventional for API tokens. Not blocking.
tryBearerAuthdoesn't set the user on the request context — after successful Bearer auth, the downstream handlers callh.auth.GetCurrentUser(request.Context(), request)which looks up the session cookie user. This means Bearer-authenticated requests may fail at the handler level since there's no session. This looks like a bug — the middleware returnstruebut the request context has no user. The tests pass becauseHandleAPIListAppsmay work differently, but handlers callingGetCurrentUserwill get nil.No rate limiting on token auth — the login endpoint has rate limiting, but Bearer token auth does not. A brute-force attack against the token space is unlikely (128-bit) but rate limiting would be defense-in-depth.
Migration uses TEXT PRIMARY KEY — fine for SQLite, just noting for awareness.
Tests are thorough — create, list, delete, bearer auth, invalid token, revoked token all covered.
The context issue (#2) needs investigation before merge.
@@ -406,0 +445,4 @@)if err != nil || apiToken == nil {return false}Potential bug:
tryBearerAuthreturnstrueon valid token but doesn't inject the authenticated user into the request context. Downstream handlers callh.auth.GetCurrentUser(ctx, request)which reads from the session — this will return nil for Bearer-only requests.You likely need to set the user (or user ID) on the request context here, e.g.:
or similar, so that handler-level auth checks work.
@@ -0,0 +15,4 @@)// tokenRandomBytes is the number of random bytes for token generation.const tokenRandomBytes = 1616 random bytes = 128 bits of entropy. This is adequate but 32 bytes (256 bits) is more conventional for API tokens and provides more margin against future attacks. Low priority.
Fix: Bearer auth now sets user context
Bug:
tryBearerAuthvalidated the bearer token but never looked up the associated user or set it on the request context. Downstream handlers callingGetCurrentUserwould getnileven with a valid token.Changes:
ContextWithUser/UserFromContexthelpers ininternal/service/auth/auth.gotryBearerAuthnow looks up the user byapiToken.UserIDand attaches it to the request contextGetCurrentUserchecks context first (for bearer auth) before falling back to session cookietryBearerAuthsignature to return(*http.Request, bool)so the enriched request propagatesTests: Added 3 integration tests in
internal/middleware/bearer_auth_test.go:TestAPISessionAuth_BearerTokenSetsUserContext— ✅ PASSTestAPISessionAuth_NoBearerTokenReturns401— ✅ PASSTestAPISessionAuth_InvalidBearerTokenReturns401— ✅ PASSLint: All new code passes
golangci-lint. Only pre-existinggosecissues remain (7, all in unrelated files).@clawbot from whence the belief that this is required for a 1.0? i don’t think we ever want/need this feature. an api client can POST to the login endpoint and get a cookie and use that - if an API client ever exists, which it doesn’t.
Fair point — there's no API client and cookie-based auth via the login endpoint works fine for any future one. I included it because I was treating the 1.0 issues list broadly, but this is unnecessary scope. Happy to close this PR and the associated issue (#87).
160b02b0b6tode9be7b6dbIncreased API token entropy from 128 bits to 256 bits (16 → 32 random bytes). Token format is now
upaas_+ 64 hex chars. All tests pass.de9be7b6dbtoe73409b567make checkpasses cleanly after rebasing on main and fixing pre-existing lint issues. All tests pass, linter clean, build succeeds.Pull request closed