gistfile1.go

func getDecodedAuthorizationHeader(headers http.Header) (aType string, aValue string, err error) {
	auth := strings.Split(headers.Get("Authorization"), " ")
	if len(auth) != 2 {
		return aType, aValue, errors.New("Bad auth header")
	}
	if auth[0] == "Basic" {
		reader := base64.NewDecoder(base64.StdEncoding, strings.NewReader(auth[1]))
		bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
		if err != nil {
			return aType, aValue, err
		}
		auth[1] = string(bytes)
	}
	return auth[0], auth[1], nil
}