feat: pretty print saml assertion to js console (#18)

Author: joshdk

server/format.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Copyright Josh Komoroske. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license,
+// a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE.txt file.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package server
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// formatSAMLResponse takes a base64 encoded SAML assertion body, base64
+// decodes it, then pretty-prints the contained XML document.
+func formatSAMLResponse(raw string, writer io.Writer) error {
+	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(base64.NewDecoder(base64.StdEncoding, bytes.NewReader([]byte(raw))))
+
+	encoder := xml.NewEncoder(writer)
+	encoder.Indent("", "  ")
+
+	// We have to round-trip through decoding+(re)encoding every token since it
+	// isn't possible to unmarshal into an interface{}.
+	for {
+		token, err := decoder.RawToken()
+
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := encoder.EncodeToken(token); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := encoder.Flush(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Append a single newline character to improve with copying the formatted
+	// XML body from the console.
+	_, err := writer.Write([]byte("\n"))
+
+	return err
+}

server/server.go

@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ import (
 // Returns a function that must be invoked by the caller to wait for the SAML
 // response and the server to shutdown.
 func Start(ctx context.Context, listen, url string) (string, func() (string, error)) { //nolint:cyclop,funlen
-	// Channels for asynchronously communicating the SAML response string or
-	// any errors that are encountered.
-	responseChan := make(chan string)
+	// Channels for asynchronously communicating any error that is encountered.
 	errChan := make(chan error)
 
+	// The SAML response body that is received by the callback handler and
+	// passed on to AWS.
+	var samlResponse string
+
 	// sendError is a helper function for sending errors to the error channel
 	// in a non-blocking fashion.
 	sendError := func(err error) {
@@ -71,13 +73,32 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, listen, url string) (string, func() (string, err
 		}
 
 		go func() {
-			// Write the SAML response string to our channel.
-			responseChan <- request.FormValue("SAMLResponse")
+			// Read the SAML response string.
+			samlResponse = request.FormValue("SAMLResponse")
 		}()
 
 		http.Redirect(writer, request, "/", http.StatusFound)
 	})
 
+	// The /response route serves the formatted SAML assertion.
+	mux.HandleFunc("/response", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+		if request.Method != http.MethodGet {
+			http.Error(writer, "method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		if len(samlResponse) == 0 {
+			http.NotFound(writer, request)
+
+			return
+		}
+
+		if err := formatSAMLResponse(samlResponse, writer); err != nil {
+			http.Error(writer, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		}
+	})
+
 	// The /callback route is called by the user to terminate this server.
 	mux.HandleFunc("/shutdown", func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
 		if request.Method != http.MethodPost {
@@ -114,12 +135,6 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, listen, url string) (string, func() (string, err
 	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/login", listen), func() (string, error) {
 		defer server.Shutdown(ctx) //nolint:errcheck
 
-		var samlResponse string
-		// Wait for the SAML response.
-		go func() {
-			samlResponse = <-responseChan
-		}()
-
 		// Wait for an error.
 		err := <-errChan
 		switch err {

server/static/index.js

@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 "use strict";
 
-// ready calls the given function when the page is loaded and ready.
-function ready(fn) {
-    if (document.readyState !== 'loading') {
-        fn();
-    } else {
-        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', fn);
-    }
-}
-
-// shutdown sends a POST to the shutdown endpoint, signaling to the server to
-// terminate itself.
-function shutdown() {
-    fetch('/shutdown', {method: 'POST'});
-}
-
-ready(shutdown);
+window.addEventListener('load', () => {
+    fetch('/response')
+    .then(response => response.text()) // send response body to next then chain
+    .then(body => {
+        console.groupCollapsed("SAML Assertion");
+        console.log(body);
+        console.groupEnd();
+    })
+    .finally(() => {
+        fetch('/shutdown', {method: 'POST'});
+    });
+});