Gothic is a user registration and authentication microservice written in Go. It's based on OAuth2 and JWT and will handle user signup, authentication and custom user data.

Gothic is a free production-ready authentication server.

It is a complete rewrite of Netlify's GoTrue and is ~85-90% complete.

GoTrue only supports REST + mysql, and is outdated. Auth0 is prohibitively expensive for small startups, garage projects, & consumer applications.

Gothic is designed to get you up and running quickly without having to spend months coding the exact same thing for the umpteenth time —  without sacrificing functionality, or a professional look & feel.

UPDATE

• Docker containers now build and compose correctly on Apple Silicon (arm64).

• REST API is now complete w.r.t. GoTrue's functionality (except for SAML — which was intentionally left out).

• gRPC API is now (95%) complete w.r.t. GoTrue's functionality.

This project is currently in progress. Things will change. Sometimes big things. Don't @ me.

To start using Gothic, install Go (version 1.15+) and run go get:

$ go get -u github.com/jrapoport/gothic

Gothic supports GO Modules. To build Gothic simply type make or make build after cloning this repo to build a DEBUG version of Gothic for development. This will build gothic & its command line tool, gadmin, under the build directory.

$ make
# or 
$ make build

To build a RELEASE (a.k.a. production) version of Gothic use make release

$ make release

Gothic supports configuration through environment vars, .env files, .json files or .yaml and only requires a handful of configuration options to get started.

For a full list of configuration options please see the Configuration section below.

Gadmin is the Gothic control plane.

$ make
# or 
$ make build

To build a RELEASE (a.k.a. production) version of Gadmin use make release

GAdmin requires the address of your Gothic rpc admin server & your root password. The address and password can be supplied in a configuration file by setting a path to the file with -c (or --config) command line switch. Alternatively you can set the server address with the -s (--server) switch and the root password using the --root switch.

First make sure that Gothic is up and running and that its admin server is accessible.

$ ./build/release/gadmin -s [ADMIN_SERVER_ADDRESS] --root [ROOT_PASSWORD] code
> created 1 codes
> 123456

First start your instance of gothic, or use the container:

$ make db
$ make gothic

Next, you will need to start the envoy server

$ make envoy

Once gothic, the db, & envoy are running you can make gRPC-Web calls using the javascript bindings.

to regenerate the protobuf typescript bindings:

$ make rpcw
# or
$ make grpc

By default, Gothic will search a config file named gothic.env, gothic.json, or gothic.yaml in the following directory locations:

$ .
$ ~/.gothic
$ /etc/gothic

Alternatively, you can use the --config or -c command line flag to specify a path to a config file to use.

GOTHIC_SITE_URL=https://example.com
GOTHIC_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-super-admin-password
GOTHIC_JWT_SECRET=i-am-a-secret
GOTHIC_DB_DRIVER=mysql
GOTHIC_DB_DSN=root@tcp(localhost:3306)/my_gothic_db

GOTHIC_SITE_URL - string required

This is base URL for your site. The base url is used to construct things like referral URLs in email.

GOTHIC_ROOT_PASSWORD - string required

The password for the built-in super admin account. Certain operations are currently restricted to the super admin user.

Interactive logins are not supported for super admins and super admin functionality must be accessed via gadmin. This may change in the future with additional API support for the root password a/o a specialized bearer token.

GOTHIC_JWT_SECRET - string required

The shared secret for JWT tokens. Webhooks can optionally override this with a custom value for callbacks.

GOTHIC_DB_DRIVER=mysql
GOTHIC_DB_DSN=root@tcp(0.0.0.0:3306)/my_gothic_db

GOTHIC_DB_DRIVER - string required

The dialect of the database you to use. Currently, mysql, postgres, sqlserver, and sqlite (or sqlite3) are all supported. Other values will be treated as a generic sql connection and passed to the mysql driver.
Defaults to mysql.

In the future, direct support for other databases via gorm.io drivers may be added.

GOTHIC_DB_DSN - string required

Connection string for the database.

Gothic supports a full range of gRPC & gRPC-Web APIs. gRPC-Web APIs are external and designed to be publicly available. By contrast, gRPC APIs are reserved for admin operations a/o microservice communication. The gRPC host address should not be publicly accessible.

API are currently a WIP. For now, they should not be considered stable and subject to change at any time.

Gothic supports a full range of REST APIs for users & administrative access.

API are currently a WIP. For now, they should not be considered stable and subject to change at any time.

Gothic uses gorm for database support.

Gothic uses goth for external oauth providers now. Now we support everything that goth supports.

Gothic uses hermes for email templates.

Gothic uses go-simple-mail for smtp server support.

Gothic uses lestrrat-go for jwt tokens.

Gothic uses viper for configuration file support.

Gothic uses cobra for command line tool support.

Gothic supports config files in .env, .yaml and .json formats in addition to env vars.

Please see the example.env or test configurations for complete examples.

GOTHIC_SERVICE="gothic"
GOTHIC_SITE_URL=https://example.com

GOTHIC_SERVICE - string

The name of the authentication service. This is used in a variety of places and settings. A normalized version of this value is also used as the name of the internal (email) signup provider (enabled by default). Defaults to gothic.

GOTHIC_SITE_URL - string required

This is base URL for your site. The base url is used to construct things like referral URLs in email.

GOTHIC_HOST=localhost
GOTHIC_HEALTH_ADDRESS=localhost:7720
GOTHIC_RPC_ADDRESS=localhost:7721
GOTHIC_ADMIN_ADDRESS=localhost:7722
GOTHIC_REST_ADDRESS=localhost:7727
GOTHIC_RPCWEB_ADDRESS=localhost:7729
GOTHIC_REQUEST_ID=gothic-req

GOTHIC_HOST - string

Hostname to listen on. Defaults to localhost.

GOTHIC_HEALTH_ADDRESS - string

The health check host address to listen on. The health check host currently uses HTTP and responds to any GET request with a json response. Defaults to [GOTHIC_HOST]:7720.

GOTHIC_RPC_ADDRESS - string

The gRPC host address to listen on. gRPC APIs are for admin operations a/o microservice communication. Defaults to [GOTHIC_HOST]:7721.

The gRPC API should be considered internal and not publicly available. This address should not be internet accessible.

GOTHIC_ADMIN_ADDRESS - string

The gRPC admin host address to listen on. Operations on this address are secured by a valid JWT token with admin permissions. Defaults to [GOTHIC_HOST]:7722.

GOTHIC_REST_ADDRESS - string

The REST host address to listen on. REST APIs are for users & administrative access. Defaults to [GOTHIC_HOST]:7727.

The REST API should be considered external and publicly available. This address should be internet accessible.

GOTHIC_RPCWEB_ADDRESS - string

The gRPC-Web host address to listen on. gRPC-Web APIs are for users & (potentially some) administrative access. Defaults to [GOTHIC_HOST]:7729.

The gRPC-Web API should be considered external and publicly available. This address could be internet accessible for direct gGPC HTTP/2 communication. However, typically this address would not be internet accessible. Instead, it would be accessible to an Envoy proxy server, which would itself expose an internet accessible address. Please see envoy.yaml & docker-compose.yaml for a working example.

For more details on the envoy proxy, please see https://www.envoyproxy.io/.

GOTHIC_REQUEST_ID - string in progress

The prefix of the request id to use. Support for request ids / a request id prefix is in progress.

# general
GOTHIC_ROOT_PASSWORD=my-super-admin-password
GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS=true
GOTHIC_RATE_LIMIT=5m0s
# jwt
GOTHIC_JWT_SECRET=i-am-a-secret
GOTHIC_JWT_ALGORITHM=HS256
GOTHIC_JWT_ISSUER=gothic
GOTHIC_JWT_AUDIENCE=gothic-server-01
GOTHIC_JWT_EXPIRATION=60m0s
# recaptcha
GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_KEY=SECRET-RECAPTCHA-KEY
GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_LOGIN=true
# validation
GOTHIC_VALIDATION_USERNAME_REGEX="^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,255}$"
GOTHIC_VALIDATION_PASSWORD_REGEX="^[a-zA-Z0-9[:punct:]]{8,40}$"
# cookies
GOTHIC_COOKIES_DURATION=24h0m0s

GOTHIC_ROOT_PASSWORD - string required

The password for the built-in super admin account. Certain operations are currently restricted to the super admin user.

GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true Gothic will automatically mask the users email when returning user information by default. Please note that admin requests for user info will always return unmasked emails. Defaults to true.

GOTHIC_RATE_LIMIT - duration (e.g. 0m60s)

The rate limit per 100 requests within the defined window to be enforced by IP address. Defaults to 5m0s.

GOTHIC_JWT_SECRET - string required

The shared secret for JWT tokens. Webhooks can optionally override this with a custom value for callbacks.

GOTHIC_JWT_ALGORITHM - string

The algorithm to use when signing JWT tokens "alg". Defaults to HS256.

GOTHIC_JWT_ISSUER - string

The issuer to include with JWT tokens "iss". Defaults to GOTHIC_SERVICE, which defaults to gothic.

GOTHIC_JWT_AUDIENCE - comma seperated string array

The audience to optionally include with JWT tokens "aud". Value is comma separated list of resources that should accept the token.

GOTHIC_JWT_EXPIRATION - duration (e.g. 60m0s)

The expiration time for JWT tokens "exp". Defaults to 1 hour 60m0s.

GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_KEY - string

Your ReCaptcha secret key. If set, gothic will expect recaptcha token with signup a/o login requests and perform a ReCaptcha check with the supplied token and client IP. You can obtain a Recaptcha site key from Google here.

NOTE: The RemoteIP from REST or gRPC requests will be automatically be used as client IP

DEBUG builds of gothic can perform mock ReCaptcha checks. To mock a ReCaptcha check set GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_KEY to RECAPTCHA-DEBUG-KEY and use "RECAPTCHA-DEBUG-TOKEN" as the ReCaptcha token when making signup or login requests.

GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_KEY="RECAPTCHA-DEBUG-KEY"

When "RECAPTCHA-DEBUG-KEY" is used, "RECAPTCHA-DEBUG-TOKEN" will always succeed. Using any other value as the ReCaptcha token will cause the check to fail.

GOTHIC_VALIDATION_USERNAME_REGEX - string

The regex to use when validating usernames. If set, usernames will be checked on signup or update to make sure they pass. Setting this to "" will disable the username validation. Defaults to ^[a-zA-Z0-9_]{2,255}$ (lower and uppercase alpha-numeric characters + underscore _; minimum length: 2; maximum length: 255).

GOTHIC_VALIDATION_PASSWORD_REGEX - string

The regex to use when validating passwords. If set, passwords will be checked on signup or update to make sure they pass. Setting this to "" will disable the password validation. Defaults to ^[a-zA-Z0-9[:punct:]]{8,40}$ (lower and uppercase alpha-numeric characters + underscore _; minimum length: 2; maximum length: 255).

This setting only applies to users that signup using the internal Gothic provider (email). It has no effect on signups or authentication with external providers.

GOTHIC_COOKIES_DURATION - duration (e.g. 60m0s) REST ONLY

If set, the cookie expiration time to use. Setting this to 0 will disable cookies. Defaults to 24h0m0s (24 hours).

# internal
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_INTERNAL=true
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_REDIRECT_URL=https://example.com/redirect
# external providers
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GOOGLE_CLIENT_KEY="SECRET-GOOGLE-OAUTH-KEY"
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GOOGLE_SECRET="i-am-a-secret"
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GOOGLE_CALLBACK_URL=https://example.com/callback
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GOOGLE_SCOPES=login,confirmed
...
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GITHUB_CLIENT_KEY="SECRET-GITHUB-OAUTH-KEY"
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GITHUB_SECRET="i-am-a-secret"
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GITHUB_CALLBACK_URL=https://example.com/callback
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GITHUB_SCOPES=username,email

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_INTERNAL - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true Gothic will allow users to signup and login directly using their email address. If false only external providers (if configured) will be supported for signup and or login. Defaults to true.

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_REDIRECT_URL - string NOT IMPLEMENTED

This was carried over from GoTrue. Need to implement this or drop it if no longer needed.

Gothic supports a variety of OAuth external providers for signup and login. SAML is not supported.

Click here for a complete list of the external providers Gothic supports.

[NAME] is the name of the external provider you wish to enable and should be replaced. e.g. to enable github support, GOTHIC_PROVIDER_[NAME]_CLIENT_KEY would be GOTHIC_PROVIDER_GITHUB_CLIENT_KEY.

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_NAME_CLIENT_KEY="SECRET-GOOGLE-OAUTH-KEY"
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_NAME_SECRET="i-am-a-secret"
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_NAME_CALLBACK_URL=https://example.com/callback
GOTHIC_PROVIDER_NAME_SCOPES=login,confirmed

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_[NAME]_CLIENT_KEY - string required to enable provider

The client key to use when authenticating with an external provider. The OAuth2 client key or cliemt ID is provided by the external provider when you register with them.

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_[NAME]_SECRET - string

The secret to use when authenticating with an external provider. The OAuth2 secret is provided by the external provider when you register with them.

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_[NAME]_CALLBACK_URL - string

The callback URL to use when authenticating with an external provider. Typically, this URL is pre-registered with the oauth provider and must match. The OAuth2 provider will redirect to this URL with the code and state values required to complete the OAuth2 authentication. Defaults to "https://:host/account/auth/callback". The :host token defaults to, and will be automatically replaced by, the value of GOTHIC_REST.

GOTHIC_PROVIDER_[NAME]_SCOPES - comma seperated string array optional

A string array of additional scopes to include. By default, Gothic will include the scope(s) necessary for the user's email for a given provider.

Additionally, some providers will require additional specific settings to work.

GOTHIC_AUTH0_DOMAIN - string required for Auth0

The Auth0 domain to use.

GOTHIC_AZURE_AD_TENANT - string required for Azure AD

The Azure Active Directory tenant to use.

GOTHIC_CLOUDFOUNDRY_URL - string required FOR Cloud Foundry

The Cloud Foundry url to use.

GOTHIC_NEXTCLOUD_URL - string required FOR Next Cloud

The Next Cloud url to use.

GOTHIC_OKTA_URL - string required FOR Okta

The Okta url to use.

GOTHIC_OPENID_CONNECT_URL - string required FOR Open ID Connect

The Open ID Connect discovery url to use.

GOTHIC_TWITTER_AUTHORIZE - boolean ("true" or "false") optional FOR Twitter

If true Gothic will use Twitter authorization instead of authentication. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_DB_DRIVER=mysql
GOTHIC_DB_DSN=root@tcp(localhost:3306)/my_gothic_db
GOTHIC_DB_AUTOMIGRATE=true
GOTHIC_DB_NAMESPACE=prod
GOTHIC_DB_MAX_RETRIES=3

GOTHIC_DB_DRIVER - string required

The dialect of the database you to use. Currently, mysql, postgres, sqlserver, and sqlite (or sqlite3) are all supported. Other values will be treated as a generic sql connection and passed to the mysql driver.
Defaults to mysql.

In the future, direct support for other databases via gorm.io drivers may be added.

Chooses what dialect of database you want. Must be mysql.

GOTHIC_DB_DSN - string required

Connection string for the database.

GOTHIC_DB_AUTOMIGRATE - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true, Gothic will automatically apply any necessary database migration on start-up. Defaults to true.

GOTHIC_DB_NAMESPACE - string

The namespace prefix to use to database tables.

GOTHIC_DB_MAX_RETRIES - int

The number of times to retry a database connection before failing. Each subsequent retry attempt is made using exponential backoff. Defaults to 3.

GOTHIC_MAIL_HOST=smtp.example.com
GOTHIC_MAIL_PORT=25
GOTHIC_MAIL_USERNAME[email protected]
GOTHIC_MAIL_PASSWORD="smtp-password"
GOTHIC_MAIL_AUTHENTICATION=plain
GOTHIC_MAIL_ENCRYPTION=none
GOTHIC_MAIL_KEEPALIVE=true
GOTHIC_MAIL_SPAM_PROTECTION=true
GOTHIC_MAIL_EXPIRATION=60m0s
GOTHIC_MAIL_SEND_LIMIT=1m0s

GOTHIC_MAIL_HOST - string

The hostname of the SMTP mail server. If not set, outbound emails will be disabled. Outbound mail is disabled by default. Defaults to "".

GOTHIC_MAIL_PORT - int

The port of the SMTP smtp server. Defaults to 25

GOTHIC_MAIL_USERNAME - string

The username to use if the SMTP mail server requires authentication.

GOTHIC_MAIL_PASSWORD - string

The password to use if the SMTP mail server requires authentication.

GOTHIC_MAIL_AUTHENTICATION - string ("plain", "login", or "cram-md5")

The authentication scheme to use when connecting to the SMTP mail server. Gothic supports plain, login, and cram-md5 authentication schemes. Defaults to plain.

GOTHIC_MAIL_ENCRYPTION - string ("plain", "login", or "cram-md5")

The encryption method to use when connecting to the SMTP mail server. Gothic supports none, ssl, and tls encryption methods. Defaults to none.

GOTHIC_MAIL_KEEPALIVE - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true the mail client will send the SMTP server a keepalive NOOP on a regular interval. If false, the mail client will (re)connect to the smtp mail server on send. Defaults to true.

GOTHIC_MAIL_SPAM_PROTECTION - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true the mail client will attempt to verify an email address with the smtp server. If false, offline validaiton ( regex) will be used. Defaults to true.

GOTHIC_MAIL_EXPIRATION - duration (e.g. 60m0s)

The expiration to use for emailed confirmation tokens contained. Defaults to 60m0s (1 hour).

GOTHIC_MAIL_SEND_LIMIT - duration (e.g. 60m0s)

The rate limit to enforce for user email requests. If a user requests another email be sent before the deadline (e.g. password reset), a rate limit error will be returned. This limit has no effect opn admin users. Defaults to 1m0s (1 minute).

GOTHIC_MAIL_NAME="Example Company"
GOTHIC_MAIL_LINK=https://signup.example.com
GOTHIC_MAIL_FROM="Example Support <[email protected]>"
GOTHIC_MAIL_LOGO=https://mail.example.com/logo.png

GOTHIC_MAIL_NAME - string

The name to use in the outbound mail (e.g. "Welcome to Gothic!"). Defaults to GOTHIC_SERVICE_NAME.

GOTHIC_MAIL_LINK - string

The link to use when constructing outbound email links. Defaults to GOTHIC_SITE_URL.

GOTHIC_MAIL_FROM - string

The email address to use for outbound emails. Defaults to :name <do-not-reply@:link_hostname>. :name is replaced by GOTHIC_MAIL_NAME. :link_hostname is replaced with the hostname of the GOTHIC_MAIL_LINK url.

GOTHIC_MAIL_LOGO - string

A URL or local file path for the logo to use in header portion of the email template. If a local file path is used, the image will be embedded.

GOTHIC_MAIL_THEME=default
GOTHIC_MAIL_LAYOUT=./templates/mail.tmpl
GOTHIC_MAIL_CHANGE_EMAIL_LINK_FORMAT=users/:action/:token/confirm
GOTHIC_MAIL_CHANGE_EMAIL_SUBJECT="Confirm your email change"
GOTHIC_MAIL_CHANGE_EMAIL_TEMPLATE=./templates/change-email.tmpl
GOTHIC_MAIL_CHANGE_EMAIL_REFERRAL_URL=https://portal.example.com
...
GOTHIC_MAIL_CONFIRM_USER_LINK_FORMAT=account/:action/:token/confirm
GOTHIC_MAIL_CONFIRM_USER_SUBJECT="Please confirm your email address"
GOTHIC_MAIL_CONFIRM_USER_TEMPLATE=./templates/confirm-user.tmpl
GOTHIC_MAIL_CONFIRM_USER_REFERRAL_URL=https://portal.example.com

GOTHIC_MAIL_THEME - string

The mail template theme to use. Supports default and flat. Defaults to default.

GOTHIC_MAIL_LAYOUT - string

A file path to an alternate mail layout template. Setting this value overrides Gothic's default mail layout template. For an example, please see template_layout.yaml.

[ACTION] is the name of the specific email action you want to configure and should be replaced. e.g. to configure user confirmation mails, GOTHIC_MAIL_[ACTION]_SUBJECT would be GOTHIC_MAIL_CONFIRM_USER_SUBJECT.

Gothic supports a variety of email template [ACTION]s out of the box:

• CHANGE_EMAIL
• CONFIRM_USER
• INVITE_USER
• RESET_PASSWORD
• SIGNUPCODE

GOTHIC_MAIL_ACTION_LINK_FORMAT=/:action/:token/link
GOTHIC_MAIL_ACTION_SUBJECT="Email Subject"
GOTHIC_MAIL_ACTION_TEMPLATE=./templates/mail.tmpl
GOTHIC_MAIL_ACTION_REFERRAL_URL=https://portal.example.com

GOTHIC_MAIL_[ACTION]_LINK_FORMAT - string

The link format is the url format for the email link. If the format includes :token and :action strings, they will automatically be replaced with their respective values. Defaults to /:action/#/:token

GOTHIC_MAIL_[ACTION]_SUBJECT - string

The email subject to use. Setting this value overrides Gothic's default email subjects.

GOTHIC_MAIL_[ACTION]_TEMPLATE - string

The mail template to use. Setting this value overrides Gothic's default mail body template. For an example, please see template_body.yaml

GOTHIC_MAIL_[ACTION]_REFERRAL_URL - string

The referral url to use when constructing links. Setting this value overrides GOTHIC_MAIL_LINK.

GOTHIC_MAIL_SIGNUPCODE_LINK_FORMAT - string

The signup code template uses a slightly different template default link format: /:action

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DISABLED=false
GOTHIC_SIGNUP_AUTOCONFIRM=false
GOTHIC_SIGNUP_CODE=false
GOTHIC_SIGNUP_INVITES="admin"
GOTHIC_SIGNUP_USERNAME=true
GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DEFAULT_USERNAME=true
GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DEFAULT_COLOR=true

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DISABLED - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true all user signups (internal or external) are disabled. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_AUTOCONFIRM - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true new users accounts will be automatically confirmed on signup. If false, users will receive a confirmation email. This setting only applies to Gothic's internal (email) provider, and has no effect on users that signup with an external provider (and are assumed to be confirmed). Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_CODE - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true a valid signup code will be required for new users accounts to signup. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_INVITES - string

This controls the which user permissions are required to send an user invite. Possible values are: user, admin, or super. Setting this to "" disables invites completely. Defaults to admin.

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_USERNAME - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true a username is also required. If a username is sent, but not required, it will still be validated. If a username is required, and GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DEFAULT_USERNAME is true the default username will satisfy this condition. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DEFAULT_USERNAME - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true a default username will be generated if username is not present on signup. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_SIGNUP_DEFAULT_COLOR - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true a hex color will be generated for the user, if not present in the user data on signup. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_URL=https://example.com/webhook/callback
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_EVENTS=login,confirmed
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_MAX_RETRIES=3
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT=30s
# webhook jwt
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_SECRET="webhook-jwt-secret"
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_ALGORITHM=HS256
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_ISSUER=gothic-webhook
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_AUDIENCE=gothic-server-01
GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_EXPIRATION=1m0s

GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_URL - string

The webhook callback URL to use. Setting this URL will enable webhook calls for events. If the url contains a :event token, it will automatically be replaced by the name of the event, e.g. https://example.com/:event => https://example.com/login. Defaults to "" (disabled).

GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_EVENTS - comma seperated string array

A comma separated string of the events to send via the webhook callback. Possible values are: signup, confirmed, login, logout, or all. Defaults to "" (none).

GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_MAX_RETRIES - int

The number of times to retry a webhook callback before failing. Each subsequent retry attempt is made using exponential backoff. Defaults to 3.

GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_TIMEOUT - duration (e.g. 30s)

The timeout to use for the webhook callback request. Defaults to 30s.

Webhook JWT settings should be prefixed with GOTHIC_WEBHOOK_.

Please see the section on JWT for a more detailed explanation of these settings.

GOTHIC_LOG_PACKAGE=zap
GOTHIC_LOG_LEVEL=info
GOTHIC_LOG_FILE="./logs/gothic.log"
# GOTHIC_LOG_COLORS=false
# GOTHIC_LOG_TIMESTAMP="Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700"
# GOTHIC_LOG_FIELDS=source=gothic,priority=1

GOTHIC_LOG_PACKAGE - string

The logger to use. Possible values are: std, logrus, or zap. Defaults to std.

GOTHIC_LOG_LEVEL - string

The log level to use. Possible values are: debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic, or trace. Defaults to info.

GOTHIC_LOG_FILE - string

The path use for a written log file. Defaults to "" (none).

GOTHIC_LOG_COLORS - boolean ("true" or "false")

A comma separated string of the fields to include for log entries. Format should be a comma separated list of key/value pared. Defaults to "" (none).

GOTHIC_LOG_TRACER_ENABLED=false
GOTHIC_LOG_TRACER_ADDRESS=tracer.example.com:9000
GOTHIC_LOG_TRACER_TAGS=tag1=foo,tag2=bar

GOTHIC_LOG_TRACER_ENABLED - boolean ("true" or "false")

If true the global tracer will be enabled. Defaults to false.

GOTHIC_LOG_TRACER_ADDRESS - string

The remote address to use with the global tracer. Defaults to "" (none).

GOTHIC_LOG_TRACER_TAGS - comma seperated string array of key value pairs

A comma separated string of the fields to include for tracer entries. Format should be a comma separated list of key/value pared. Defaults to "" (none).

Creates a new user account for an email and password.

POST /account/signup

Request:

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "secret",
  "username": "mr_example",
  "code": "12346",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "mr",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "salad"
  },
  "recaptcha": "u3jxPA...eyJhbG"
}

Only email & password are required. All other fields are optional or required by their respective configuration settings.

Response:

{
  "role": "user",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "username": "mr_example",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "mr",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "salad"
  },
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

If GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS is true (the default) the email returned will be: "em***@e******.com"

Logs in a user with an email and password.

POST /account/login

Request:

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "secret",
  "recaptcha": "u3jxPA...eyJhbG"
}

Only email & password are required. A recaptcha token is only required if GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_KEY is set and GOTHIC_RECAPTCHA_LOGIN is true.

Response:

{
  "role": "user",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "username": "mr_example",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "mr",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "salad"
  },
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

If GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS is true (the default) the email returned will be: "em***@e******.com"

Authenticated Logs a user out and revokes all refresh tokens.

GET /account/logout

Request: N/A

Response: HTTP 200 OK

Swaps a valid refresh token and issues a new jwt bearer token with updated user claims.

POST /account/auth

Request:

{
  "token": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg"
}

Response:

{
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

Get an authorization URL for the :provider. The external provider must be enabled for this call to succeed.

GET /account/auth/:provider

Request: N/A

Response: HTTP 302 StatusFound

Callers will be redirected to an OAuth2 authorization url with a format like:
https://oauth.example.com/auth?client_id=u3jxPA&response_type=code&state=RCaUc7KcjH...PMDgCWFjQUEg

Authorizes an external user account using the provider. If an account does not exist, one will be created. Externally authorized users are automatically confirmed regardless of GOTHIC_SIGNUP_AUTOCONFIRM and can not change their emails, or passwords, etc.

POST /account/auth/callback

Request:

{
  "state": "DgCWFRCaUc...HPMjQUEg",
  "callback-key-1": "some-value",
  "callback-key-2": "some-value",
  "callback-key-3": "some-value"
}

Only state is required. Any other fields returned by the external provider after calling the authorization url should also be included.

Response:

{
  "role": "user",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "username": "mr_example",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "mr",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "salad"
  },
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

If GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS is true (the default) the email returned will be: "em***@e******.com"

Callers will be redirected to an OAuth2 authorization url with a format like:
https://oauth.example.com/auth?client_id=u3jxPA&response_type=code&state=RCaUc7KcjH...PMDgCWFjQUEg

Sends an account confirmation mail to an email address.

POST /account/confirm/send

Request:

{
  "email": "[email protected]"
}

Response: HTTP 200 OK

If the address does not match a valid account, or the email address is invalid, an error code will be returned.

If the user exceeds the mail send rate limit HTTP 425 StatusTooEarly is returned.

Confirms a user's email address & account.

POST /account/confirm

Request:

{
  "token": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg"
}

Response:

{
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

Sends a password reset mail to an email address.

POST /account/password/reset

Request:

{
  "email": "[email protected]"
}

Response: HTTP 200 OK

If the address does not match a valid account, or the email address is invalid, an error code will be returned.

If the user exceeds the mail send rate limit HTTP 425 StatusTooEarly is returned.

Reset's a user's account password and confirms their account (if necessary).

POST /account/password

Request:

{
  "token": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg"
}

Response:

{
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

Authenticated Returns the current user.

GET /user

Request: N/A

Response:

{
  "role": "user",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "username": "mr_example",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "mr",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "salad"
  }
}

If GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS is true (the default) the email returned will be: "em***@e******.com"

Authenticated Updates the current user

PUT /user

Request:

{
  "username": "sir_example",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "sir",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "chips"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "role": "user",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "username": "sir_example",
  "data": {
    "first_name": "sir",
    "last_name": "example",
    "fav_food": "chips"
  }
}

If GOTHIC_MASK_EMAILS is true (the default) the email returned will be: "em***@e******.com"

Authenticated Changes a user's password.

PUT /user/password

Request:

{
  "password": "my-password",
  "new_password": "new-password"
}

Response:

{
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

Authenticated Initates an email change for a user and sends a confirmation to the new address.

PUT /user/email/change

Request:

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password": "my-password"
}

Response: HTTP 200 OK

If the address does not match a valid account, or the email address is invalid, an error code will be returned.

If the user exceeds the mail send rate limit HTTP 425 StatusTooEarly is returned.

Confirming an email change will change the email associated with a user's account. Once changed, a user can only use the new email to login.

PUT /user/email/change

Request:

{
  "token": "gEUQjFWCgDMPHjcK7cUaCR"
}

Response:

{
  "token": {
    "type": "bearer",
    "access": "eyJhbG...u3jxPA",
    "refresh": "RCaUc7KcjHPMDgCWFjQUEg",
    "expires_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999Z"
  }
}

Admin endpoints require a valid JWT bearer token with an admin user claim.

Authenticated Returns a summary of current configuration settings.

GET /admin/settings

Request: N/A

Response:

{
  "name": "gothic",
  "version": "v0.0.1 (C2119)",
  "status": "bela lugosi's dead",
  "signup": {
    "autoconfirm": true,
    "provider": {
      "internal": "gothic",
      "external": {
        "github": true,
        "gitlab": true,
        "google": true
      }
    }
  },
  "mail": {
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 25,
    "authentication": "plain",
    "encryption": "none"
  }
}

if signups are disabled, the signup fragment will return:

"signup": {
"disabled": true
}

if mail is disabled, the mail fragment will return:

"mail": {
"disabled": true
}

The address health check host (currently HTTP) defaults to [GOTHIC_HOST]:7721 and can be configured here.

Returns the health status for this gothic instance.

GET /health

Request: N/A

Response:

{
  "name": "gothic",
  "version": "v0.0.1 (C2119)",
  "status": "bela lugosi's dead",
  "hosts": {
    "rest": {
      "name": "rest",
      "address": "127.0.0.1:8080",
      "online": true
    },
    "rpc": {
      "name": "rpc",
      "address": "127.0.0.1:7721",
      "online": true
    },
    "rpc-web": {
      "name": "rpc-web",
      "address": "127.0.0.1:7729",
      "onåline": true
    }
  }
}

This project is a complete rewrite of Netlify's GoTrue and is ~85-90% complete. It started off as a fork, but doesn't share a single line of code anymore.

The basic idea was to support most of the existing functionality of GoTrue while modernizing it and expanding support for additional external providers and functionality. At a certain point it just made more sense to start over from scratch with the goal of feature parity (more or less).

GroTrue relied on its own custom implementations for oauth, mail templates, smtp, jwt, etc. These have all been replaced with more mature external libraries.

The original purpose was to adopt newer, more developer friendly technologies like Gorm, gRPC, and gRPC Web; newer versions of critical libraries for things like JWT and OAuth2; and migrate away from older libraries that are deprecated with security flaws.

These changes allow for advances like self-contained database migration, expanded database driver support (e.g., PostgreSQL), and gRPC support. Broadly speaking, they are intended to make it easier to modify and use the microservice outside of Netlify tool chain, and in a more active development environment.

Since this project shares no code with GoTrue and is only conceptually similar at this point, I truncated the commit history for clarity.

While the Netlify team did a good job with GoTrue, their use in production means they cannot easily adopt these kinds of significant changes. In many cases, they will likely never make them given the impacts to their tooling, deployment, and production systems — which makes perfect sense for their situation.

I'd like to thank Netlify team for their hard work on the original version of this microservice.

• Merge rest user metadata update into update user
• Create a grpc admin call to update a user incl. metadata
• Add admin get user calls which return the user metadata in the response