github.com/go-chi/jwtauth

jwtauth

JWT authentication middleware for Go HTTP services

Decision Signals

Health score 95/100, confidence 95/100.

Excellent

Maintenance 95

Adoption 100

Security 92

Maturity 100

Developer DX 77

Confidence 95

go get github.com/go-chi/jwtauth

updated May 29, 2026

30 symbols

Symbol	Kind	Synopsis
JWTAuth	Type	type JWTAuth struct{}
JWTAuth.Decode	Method	func (ja *JWTAuth) Decode(tokenString string) (jwt.Token, error)
JWTAuth.Encode	Method	func (ja *JWTAuth) Encode(claims map[string]interface{}) (t jwt.Token, tokenString string, err error)
New	Function	func New(alg string, signKey interface{}, verifyKey interface{}) *JWTAuth
Authenticator	Function	func Authenticator(next http.Handler) http.Handler
EpochNow	Function	func EpochNow() int64
ErrAlgoInvalid	Variable	var ErrAlgoInvalid = errors.New("algorithm mismatch")
ErrExpired	Variable	var ErrExpired = errors.New("token is expired")
ErrIATInvalid	Variable	var ErrIATInvalid = errors.New("token iat validation failed")
ErrNBFInvalid	Variable	var ErrNBFInvalid = errors.New("token nbf validation failed")
ErrNoTokenFound	Variable	var ErrNoTokenFound = errors.New("no token found")
ErrUnauthorized	Variable	var ErrUnauthorized = errors.New("token is unauthorized")