Use ungrouped CSRF middleware on register and login POST routes

.gitattributes

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* text=auto eol=lf

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fine with getting your hands dirty, but I plan on having it ready to go for more
 - CSRF protection
 - Minimal user login/registration + sessions
 - Config file handling
+- Scheduled tasks
 - Entire website compiles into a single binary (~10mb) (excluding env.json)
 - Minimal dependencies (just standard library, postgres driver, and experimental package for bcrypt)
 

controllers/postController.go

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"GoWeb/app"
 	"GoWeb/models"
-	"GoWeb/security"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -15,13 +14,6 @@ type PostController struct {
 }
 
 func (postController *PostController) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	// Validate csrf token
-	_, err := security.VerifyCsrfToken(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Error verifying csrf token")
-		return
-	}
-
 	username := r.FormValue("username")
 	password := r.FormValue("password")
 	remember := r.FormValue("remember") == "on"
@@ -31,7 +23,7 @@ func (postController *PostController) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusFound)
 	}
 
-	_, err = models.AuthenticateUser(postController.App, w, username, password, remember)
+	_, err := models.AuthenticateUser(postController.App, w, username, password, remember)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Error authenticating user")
 		log.Println(err)
@@ -43,13 +35,6 @@ func (postController *PostController) Login(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 }
 
 func (postController *PostController) Register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	// Validate csrf token
-	_, err := security.VerifyCsrfToken(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("Error verifying csrf token")
-		return
-	}
-
 	username := r.FormValue("username")
 	password := r.FormValue("password")
 	createdAt := time.Now()
@@ -60,7 +45,7 @@ func (postController *PostController) Register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Re
 		http.Redirect(w, r, "/register", http.StatusFound)
 	}
 
-	_, err = models.CreateUser(postController.App, username, password, createdAt, updatedAt)
+	_, err := models.CreateUser(postController.App, username, password, createdAt, updatedAt)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("Error creating user")
 		log.Println(err)

go.mod

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ module GoWeb
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7 h1:p7ZhMD+KsSRozJr34udlUrhboJwWAgCg34+/ZZNvZZw=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.7/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 h1:AvwMYaRytfdeVt3u6mLaxYtErKYjxA2OXjJ1HHq6t3A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0 h1:pd9TJtTueMTVQXzk8E2XESSMQDj/U7OUu0PqJqPXQjQ=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pYwdfH91IfpZVANVyUOhSIPZaFoJGxTFbZhFTx+dXZU=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0/go.mod h1:mRqEX+O9/h5TFCrQhkgjo2yKi0yYA+9ecGkdQoHrywE=

middleware/csrf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package middleware
+
+import (
+	"GoWeb/security"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// CsrfMiddleware validates the CSRF token and returns the handler function if it succeded
+func CsrfMiddleware(f func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// Verify csrf token
+		_, err := security.VerifyCsrfToken(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("Error verifying csrf token")
+			http.Error(w, "Forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+			return
+		}
+
+		f(w, r)
+	}
+}

middleware/wrapper.go

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package middleware
+
+import "net/http"
+
+// ProcessMiddleware is a wrapper function for the http.HandleFunc function
+// that takes the function you want to execute (f) and the middleware you want
+// to execute (m) this should be used when processing multiple groups of middleware at a time
+func ProcessMiddleware(f func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request), m []func()) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	for _, middleware := range m {
+		middleware()
+	}
+
+	return f
+}

routes/postRoutes.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package routes
 import (
 	"GoWeb/app"
 	"GoWeb/controllers"
+	"GoWeb/middleware"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
@@ -14,6 +15,6 @@ func PostRoutes(app *app.App) {
 	}
 
 	// User authentication
-	http.HandleFunc("/register-handle", postController.Register)
+	http.HandleFunc("/register-handle", middleware.CsrfMiddleware(postController.Register))
-	http.HandleFunc("/login-handle", postController.Login)
+	http.HandleFunc("/login-handle", middleware.CsrfMiddleware(postController.Login))
 }