GOLANG Secrets in Models

ModelWithSecret.go

// thanks to @patrick246

package scrapers

import (
	"encoding/json"
)

type Secret string

func (s Secret) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	str := string(s)
	obfuscated := str[0:3] + "***" + str[len(str)-3:]

	return json.Marshal(obfuscated)
}

func (s Secret) String() string {
	str := string(s)
	obfuscated := str[0:3] + "***" + str[len(str)-3:]

	return obfuscated
}

func (s Secret) AsPlainString() string {
	return string(s)
}

type MyModel struct {
	ID       string        `json:"id"`
	Name     string        `json:"name"`
	Secret   Secret        `json:"secret"`
}