Basic Encryption and Decryption with a Golang Web Server Application

server.go

package main

import (
  "crypto/aes"
  "crypto/cipher"
  "encoding/base64"
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  "log"
  "net/http"
)

func main() {
  /**
   * GET or POST /server
   *
   * All requests will come through the /server route
   * Each request should have a public key header and payload body
   */
  http.HandleFunc("/server", root)

  log.Println("Listening for connections...")
  log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":3000", nil))
}

func root(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
  /**
   * Public Key
   *
   * If we don't have an api key in the header, then we can't fulfill this request
   *
   * Normally we would lookup and retrieve our private key from a database
   * using the public key to find the record, but for now, we'll just make certain
   * that a public key is passed and use a fixed private key and initialization vector
   */
  publicKey := r.Header.Get("publicKey")
  privateKey := []byte("53d07a9c3566360002020001")
  initializationVector := []byte("53a1c59f62393700")[:aes.BlockSize]

  if len(publicKey) == 0 {
    Responder(w, r, 412, "The 'publicKey' request header was not found")
    return
  }

  /**
   * Received Payload
   *
   * Ensure that we received a payload and that
   * the payload is encrypted with the private key
   */
  payload, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)

  if err != nil || string(payload) == "" {
    Responder(w, r, 422, "The request body was empty or unprocessable")
    return
  }

  fmt.Println("\n\nPayload: ", string(payload))

  /**
   * Encrypt the insecure payload
   *
   * We allocate the bytes array that represent both the encrypted and decrypted data
   */
  encrypted := make([]byte, len(payload))
  err = encrypt(encrypted, payload, privateKey, initializationVector)

  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  fmt.Println("\nEncrypted Payload: ", encode(encrypted))

  /**
   * Decrypt the encrypted payload
   */
  decrypted := make([]byte, len(payload))
  err = decrypt(decrypted, encrypted, privateKey, initializationVector)

  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }

  fmt.Println("\nDecrypted Payload: ", string(decrypted))

  // Return the encrypted data to the sender
  fmt.Fprintf(w, encode(encrypted))
}

/**
 * HTTP Error Handler
 *
 * Set the http status code and provide an error message
 */
func Responder(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, status int, message string) {
  w.WriteHeader(status)
  log.Println(message)
  fmt.Fprintf(w, message)
}

func encode(b []byte) string {
  return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(b)
}

func decode(s string) []byte {
  data, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(s)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  return data
}

func encrypt(dst, src, key, iv []byte) error {
  aesBlockEncryptor, err := aes.NewCipher([]byte(key))

  if err != nil {
    return err
  }

  aesEncrypter := cipher.NewCFBEncrypter(aesBlockEncryptor, iv)
  aesEncrypter.XORKeyStream(dst, src)

  return nil
}

func decrypt(dst, src, key, iv []byte) error {
  aesBlockEncryptor, err := aes.NewCipher([]byte(key))

  if err != nil {
    return err
  }

  aesEncrypter := cipher.NewCFBEncrypter(aesBlockEncryptor, iv)
  aesEncrypter.XORKeyStream(dst, src)

  return nil
}