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User's session has a fixed size pool of tokens. New token is generated every X minutes and becomes invalid every Y minutes. You always return the most recent one and check against all tokens you have. | |
token_valid = 180 min | |
create_new_token_every = 60 min | |
size = 3 | |
pool = [] // your session pool | |
current_version = '1' | |
getToken = function() { | |
removeOld() | |
recent_token_rec = pool.getFirst() | |
if recent_token_rec && recent_token_rec.createdAt > currentTime - create_new_token_every | |
return recent_token_rec.token | |
if pool.size >= size) | |
pool.removeLast() | |
new_rec = { | |
version: current_version, | |
createdAt: new Date(), | |
token: some_algo() | |
} | |
pool.addFirst(new_rec) | |
return new_rec.token | |
} | |
removeOld = function() { | |
for rec in pool | |
if rec.createdAt + token_valid < now || rec.version != current_version | |
pool.remove(rec) | |
} | |
check = function(token) { | |
removeOld() | |
return pool.hasRec(token) | |
} |
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