From dbc537007d2a03ed524d023a35b20ee51466cd21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Asim Aslam <asim@aslam.me>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:30:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] First interface for auth

---
 auth/auth.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 auth/auth.go

diff --git a/auth/auth.go b/auth/auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c6f7e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auth/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Package auth provides authentication and authorization capability
+package auth
+
+// Auth providers authentication and authorization
+type Auth interface {
+	// Generate a new authorization token
+	Generate(u string) (*Token, error)
+	// Revoke an authorization token
+	Revoke(t *Token) error
+	// Verify a token
+	Verify(t *Token) error
+}
+
+// Token providers by an auth provider
+type Token struct {
+	// Unique token id
+	Id string `json: "id"`
+	// Time of token creation
+	Created time.Time `json:"created"`
+	// Time of token expiry
+	Expiry time.Time `json:"expiry"`
+	// Roles associated with the token
+	Roles []string `json:"roles"`
+	// Any other associated metadata
+	Metadata map[string]string `json:"metadata"`
+}