package roottoken import ( "crypto/rand" "encoding/base64" "fmt" "github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/base62" ) // DefaultBase64EncodedOTPLength is the number of characters that will be randomly generated // before the Base64 encoding process takes place. const defaultBase64EncodedOTPLength = 16 // GenerateOTP generates a random token and encodes it as a Base64 or as a Base62 encoded string. // Returns 0 if the generation completed without any error, 2 otherwise, along with the error. func GenerateOTP(otpLength int) (string, error) { switch otpLength { case 0: // This is the fallback case buf := make([]byte, defaultBase64EncodedOTPLength) readLen, err := rand.Read(buf) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("error reading random bytes: %s", err) } if readLen != defaultBase64EncodedOTPLength { return "", fmt.Errorf("read %d bytes when we should have read 16", readLen) } return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(buf), nil default: otp, err := base62.Random(otpLength) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("error reading random bytes: %w", err) } return otp, nil } }