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+package goscaffold
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"github.com/SermoDigital/jose/crypto"
+	"github.com/SermoDigital/jose/jws"
+	"github.com/SermoDigital/jose/jwt"
+	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"github.com/justinas/alice"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+const params = "params"
+
+/* Errors to return */
+type Errors []string
+
+/*
+The SSO key parameters
+*/
+type ssoKey struct {
+	Alg   string `json:"alg"`
+	Value string `json:"value"`
+	Kty   string `json:"kty"`
+	Use   string `json:"use"`
+	N     string `json:"n"`
+	E     string `json:"e"`
+}
+
+/*
+OAuth structure that provides http connection to the URL that has the public
+key for verifying the JWT token
+*/
+type OAuth struct {
+	keyURL string
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+/*
+The interface functions offered to clients that act on OAuth param,
+used to verify JWT tokens for the Http handler functions client
+wishes to validate against (via SSOHandler).
+*/
+type OAuthService interface {
+	SSOHandler(p string, h func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) (string, httprouter.Handle)
+}
+
+/*
+SetParamsInRequest Sets the params and its values in the request
+*/
+func SetParamsInRequest(r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) *http.Request {
+	newContext := context.WithValue(r.Context(), params, ps)
+	return r.WithContext(newContext)
+}
+
+/*
+FetchParams fetches the param values, given the params in the request
+*/
+func FetchParams(r *http.Request) httprouter.Params {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	return ctx.Value(params).(httprouter.Params)
+}
+
+/*
+SSOHandler offers the users the flexibility of choosing which http handlers
+need JWT validation.
+*/
+func (a *OAuth) SSOHandler(p string, h func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) (string, httprouter.Handle) {
+	return p, a.VerifyOAuth(alice.New().ThenFunc(h))
+}
+
+/*
+VerifyOAuth verifies the JWT token in the request using the public key configured
+via CreateOAuth constructor.
+*/
+func (a *OAuth) VerifyOAuth(next http.Handler) httprouter.Handle {
+
+	return func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, ps httprouter.Params) {
+
+		jwt, err := jws.ParseJWTFromRequest(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			WriteErrorResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error(), rw)
+			return
+		}
+
+		/* Validate the JWT */
+		err = a.Validate(jwt)
+		if err != nil {
+			WriteErrorResponse(http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error(), rw)
+			return
+		}
+
+		/* Set the params in the request */
+		r = SetParamsInRequest(r, ps)
+		next.ServeHTTP(rw, r)
+	}
+
+}
+
+/*
+ValidateKey validate the jwt and return an error if it fails
+*/
+func (a *OAuth) Validate(jwt jwt.JWT) error {
+
+	r, err := a.client.Get(a.keyURL)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+	ssoKey := &ssoKey{}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(ssoKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	/* Retrieve the Public Key */
+	publieKey, err := crypto.ParseRSAPublicKeyFromPEM([]byte(ssoKey.Value))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	/* Return the status of validation */
+	return jwt.Validate(publieKey, crypto.SigningMethodRS256)
+}
+
+/*
+WriteErrorResponse write a non 200 error response
+*/
+func WriteErrorResponse(statusCode int, message string, w http.ResponseWriter) {
+	errors := Errors{message}
+	WriteErrorResponses(statusCode, errors, w)
+}
+
+/*
+WriteErrorResponses write our error responses
+*/
+func WriteErrorResponses(statusCode int, errors Errors, w http.ResponseWriter) {
+	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(errors)
+}