Performs basic authentication check in go

verifyauth.go

// VerifyAuth verifies the basic authentication
func VerifyAuth(r *http.Request) (bool, error) {
	username, password, ok := r.BasicAuth()
	if !ok {
		return false, errors.New("couldn't invoke BasicAuth()")
	}
	APIUSERNAME := os.Getenv("APIUSERNAME")
	APIPASSWORD := os.Getenv("APIPASSWORD")
	if APIUSERNAME == "" || APIPASSWORD == "" {
		return false, errors.New("APIUSERNAME or APIPASSWORD is not set")
	}
	if username != APIUSERNAME || password != APIPASSWORD {
		return false, errors.New("invalid credentials")
	}
	return true, nil
}