Encode things to JWT Token

encode_jwt.go

package goliauth

import (
	"fmt"

	jwt "github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
)

// EncodeJWT serialize data into a jwt token using a secret
// This secret must match with the client's secret who's generating the token
func EncodeJWT(secretKey string, claims Claims) (string, error) {
	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, claims)
	secret := []byte(secretKey)
	tokenString, err := token.SignedString(secret)

	if err != nil {
		return "", err
	}

	return tokenString, nil
}