a function that generates an RTC token from the given inputs.

generateRtcToken+snippet.go

func generateRtcToken(channelName, uidStr, tokentype string, role rtctokenbuilder.Role, expireTimestamp uint32) (rtcToken string, err error) {

  if tokentype == "userAccount" {
    log.Printf("Building Token with userAccount: %s\n", uidStr)
    rtcToken, err = rtctokenbuilder.BuildTokenWithUserAccount(appID, appCertificate, channelName, uidStr, role, expireTimestamp)
    return rtcToken, err

  } else if tokentype == "uid" {
    uid64, parseErr := strconv.ParseUint(uidStr, 10, 64)
    // check if conversion fails
    if parseErr != nil {
      err = fmt.Errorf("failed to parse uidStr: %s, to uint causing error: %s", uidStr, parseErr)
      return "", err
    }

    uid := uint32(uid64) // convert uid from uint64 to uint 32
    log.Printf("Building Token with uid: %d\n", uid)
    rtcToken, err = rtctokenbuilder.BuildTokenWithUID(appID, appCertificate, channelName, uid, role, expireTimestamp)
    return rtcToken, err

  } else {
    err = fmt.Errorf("failed to generate RTC token for Unknown Tokentype: %s", tokentype)
    log.Println(err)
    return "", err
  }
}