otp

Overview ¶

Package otp implements both HOTP and TOTP based one time passcodes in a Google Authenticator compatible manner.

When adding a TOTP for a user, you must store the "secret" value persistently. It is recommended to store the secret in an encrypted field in your datastore. Due to how TOTP works, it is not possible to store a hash for the secret value like you would a password.

To enroll a user, you must first generate an OTP for them. Google Authenticator supports using a QR code as an enrollment method:

import (
	"github.com/pquerna/otp/totp"

	"bytes"
	"image/png"
)

key, err := totp.Generate(totp.GenerateOpts{
		Issuer: "Example.com",
		AccountName: "[email protected]",
})

// Convert TOTP key into a QR code encoded as a PNG image.
var buf bytes.Buffer
img, err := key.Image(200, 200)
png.Encode(&buf, img)

// display the QR code to the user.
display(buf.Bytes())

// Now Validate that the user's successfully added the passcode.
passcode := promptForPasscode()
valid := totp.Validate(passcode, key.Secret())

if valid {
	// User successfully used their TOTP, save it to your backend!
	storeSecret("[email protected]", key.Secret())
}

Validating a TOTP passcode is very easy, just prompt the user for a passcode and retrieve the associated user's previously stored secret.

import "github.com/pquerna/otp/totp"

passcode := promptForPasscode()
secret := getSecret("[email protected]")

valid := totp.Validate(passcode, secret)

if valid {
	// Success! continue login process.
}