Example Iris Session / Basic Auth

gistfile1.txt

// main.go
package main

import (
	"time"

	"github.com/kataras/iris"
	"github.com/kataras/iris/config"
	"github.com/kataras/iris/middleware/basicauth"
	"github.com/kataras/iris/middleware/logger"
	"github.com/kataras/iris/sessions"
)

func loginRequired(ctx *iris.Context) {
	session := sess.Start(ctx)

	if v := session.Get("username"); v != nil {
		ctx.Next()
	} else {
		ctx.RedirectTo("/login")
	}
}

var sess *sessions.Manager

func init() {
	sessConfig := config.Sessions{
		Provider:   "memory", // if you set it to ""  means that sessions are disabled.
		Cookie:     "yoursessionCOOKIEID",
		Expires:    config.CookieExpireNever,
		GcDuration: time.Duration(2) * time.Hour,
	}
	sess = sessions.New(sessConfig) // or just sessions.New()
}
func main() {

	authentication := basicauth.Default(map[string]string{"admin": "admin"})

	iris.Config.Render.Template.Directory = "templates"
	iris.Config.Render.Template.Engine = config.PongoEngine // or iris.PongoEngine without need to import the config
	iris.Use(logger.New(iris.Logger))

	// Home
	iris.Get("/", loginRequired, func(ctx *iris.Context) {
		session := sess.Start(ctx)

		ctx.MustRender("index.html", map[string]interface{}{"username": session.Get("username"), "is_admin": true})
	})

	// login

	iris.Get("/login", authentication, func(ctx *iris.Context) {

		session := sess.Start(ctx)
		session.Set("username", ctx.GetString("auth"))
		ctx.MustRender("login.html", map[string]interface{}{"username": session.Get("username")})
	})

	// Logout

	iris.Get("/logout", func(ctx *iris.Context) {

		sess.Destroy(ctx)
		ctx.Write("Logged out, Session destroyed")
	})

	println("Server is running at :8080")
	iris.Listen(":8080")
}