commit 2c1f9ce64560d6b7b1a30777e5f548afc4e2e99e
Author: Matthew Dillon <mrdillon@alaska.edu>
Date:   Fri Apr 17 13:57:45 2015 -0800

    Initial commit

diff --git a/jwt.go b/jwt.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe1aef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jwt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package jwt
+
+import "errors"
+
+type Config struct {
+	Secret string
+}
+
+type JWTMiddleware struct {
+	config Config
+}
+
+func NewMiddleware(c *Config) (*JWTMiddleware, error) {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("missing configuration")
+	}
+	m := &JWTMiddleware{config: *c}
+	return m, nil
+}
diff --git a/jwt_test.go b/jwt_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93b416e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jwt_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package jwt
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNewJWTMiddleware(t *testing.T) {
+	config := &Config{
+		Secret: "password",
+	}
+	middleware, err := NewMiddleware(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("new middleware: %v", err)
+	}
+	if middleware.config.Secret != "password" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'password', got %v", middleware.config.Secret)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewJWTMiddlewareNoConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := NewMiddleware(nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected configuration error, received none")
+	}
+}