Add opt-in API key authentication for the GTFS-RT feed - #97
Add opt-in API key authentication for the GTFS-RT feed#97diveshpatil9104 wants to merge 3 commits into
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds API key storage and administration, optional API-key authentication for the GTFS-RT vehicle-positions feed, usage tracking, local-development seed data, route wiring, tests, and documentation. ChangesFeed API key lifecycle
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Enabling feed authentication can expose the database to resource exhaustion under request load, while installations exceeding 1000 keys cannot list and revoke older keys. These issues should be resolved before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant AdminClient
participant AdminAPI
participant APIKeyStore
participant FeedClient
participant APIKeyMiddleware
participant GTFSRTFeed
AdminClient->>AdminAPI: POST /api/v1/admin/api-keys
AdminAPI->>APIKeyStore: Store SHA-256 key hash
APIKeyStore-->>AdminAPI: Return key metadata
AdminAPI-->>AdminClient: Return raw key once
FeedClient->>APIKeyMiddleware: GET feed with X-API-Key
APIKeyMiddleware->>APIKeyStore: Look up hashed key
APIKeyStore-->>APIKeyMiddleware: Return active key
APIKeyMiddleware->>APIKeyStore: Update last_used_at
APIKeyMiddleware->>GTFSRTFeed: Forward request
GTFSRTFeed-->>FeedClient: Return vehicle positions
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In `@api_key_auth.go`:
- Line 49: Update the feed authentication flow around GetAPIKeyByHash to enforce
IP-based and global admission limits before any API-key database lookup,
covering invalid and valid non-empty X-API-Key requests. Also coalesce or
rate-limit last_used_at updates for successful keys so valid requests do not
write on every authentication attempt.
In `@db/query.sql`:
- Line 207: Update the API-key listing query used by handleListAPIKeys to avoid
silently omitting keys beyond the LIMIT 1000 boundary. Add a supported cursor or
offset pagination mechanism and expose/use it through the listing flow, or
remove the limit if the endpoint contract requires returning every key.
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- api_key_auth.go ---'
cat -n api_key_auth.go
printf '%s\n' '--- main.go relevant section ---'
cat -n main.go | sed -n '40,80p'
printf '%s\n' '--- API-key middleware references ---'
rg -n -C 3 'requireAPIKey|GetAPIKeyByHash|UpdateAPIKeyLastUsed|FEED_AUTH_ENABLED|MaxConns|SetMaxOpenConns|rate.?limit|admission' --glob '*.go' --glob '*.sql' --glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.yml' .Repository: OneBusAway/vehicle-positions
Length of output: 24581
Denial of Service (CWE-400): Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Reachability: External · Exploitability: Moderate
Reachability path
● Entry
main.go:61
newMux: Admin user management
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api_key_auth.go
Bound database work before API-key lookup.
When feed authentication is enabled, every non-empty X-API-Key header performs a database lookup. Valid requests also update last_used_at. Add IP and global admission limits before GetAPIKeyByHash, and coalesce or rate-limit last_used_at writes. A per-key limit after lookup does not protect the invalid-key path.
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In `@api_key_auth.go` at line 49, Update the feed authentication flow around
GetAPIKeyByHash to enforce IP-based and global admission limits before any
API-key database lookup, covering invalid and valid non-empty X-API-Key
requests. Also coalesce or rate-limit last_used_at updates for successful keys
so valid requests do not write on every authentication attempt.
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| SELECT id, name, key_hash, active, last_used_at, created_at, updated_at | ||
| FROM api_keys | ||
| ORDER BY created_at DESC | ||
| LIMIT 1000; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Add pagination before limiting the API-key list.
When more than 1000 keys exist, this query omits older keys. The supplied handleListAPIKeys path has no pagination contract, so operators cannot list those keys to identify and revoke them through the administrative API.
Use cursor or offset pagination, or remove the limit if the endpoint must return every key.
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In `@db/query.sql` at line 207, Update the API-key listing query used by
handleListAPIKeys to avoid silently omitting keys beyond the LIMIT 1000
boundary. Add a supported cursor or offset pagination mechanism and expose/use
it through the listing flow, or remove the limit if the endpoint contract
requires returning every key.
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Approved on the merits — the security design here is solid and I read the middleware and wiring closely.
What holds up: crypto/rand for 32 bytes, hex SHA-256 at rest with KeyHash carrying json:"-", the raw key returned only once at creation, and revocation that takes effect immediately because every request re-reads the row with no cache. The opt-in gate is a single registration site, so there's no second path to the feed to forget about, and TestFeedRoute_Wiring pins both directions through the real mux. I also want to call out the hashAPIKey doc comment: reasoning through why bcrypt is wrong for a high-entropy key on the hottest endpoint, and why there's no timing channel when lookup is by digest, is better than just doing the safe-looking thing. That's the right level of care.
Heads up: now that #80, #93 and #95 have landed on main, this branch has merge conflicts. Please merge or rebase main in and resolve; once it's mergeable it's good to go, no re-review needed unless the resolution changes behavior. Your 000012 migration number still works — #93 took 000011.
Two follow-ups, neither blocking:
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FEED_AUTH_ENABLED fails open on a typo. envBoolOrDefault warns and returns false when ParseBool fails, and ParseBool rejects "yes" and "on" — so FEED_AUTH_ENABLED=yes silently leaves the feed public while you think it's locked. It matches how adminUIEnabled already behaves, so I'm not holding the merge on it, but for a security gate specifically I'd rather we exit than guess.
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last_used_at is stamped synchronously on every feed request, which is one UPDATE against a single hot row per consumer in the request path. You documented it as a deliberate tradeoff and that's fair, but it's the thing that'll show up first under real poll rates — sampling or async stamping would be a cheap fix later.
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Summary
GET /gtfs-rt/vehicle-positions is the only data endpoint without middleware. This PR adds opt-in API key authentication for the feed and admin endpoints to create, list, and revoke keys.
Authentication
Review / Follow-up
This picks up #68 by @ShinLiX; the design is theirs.
Both review rounds have been addressed:
Migration
The migration is currently 000012. Both #93 and #94 claim 000011; happy to renumber this during rebase.
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New Features
X-API-Keyheader and shown only once when created.Documentation