User aware action in goa with jwt auth

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I am making a web server with goa.

I cannot find a way to get user context inside a controller method. I use JWT auth that is supported by basic auth. I have a JWT secure action that is secured via JWT middleware and it checks passwords and so on.

What I want is to get the username from JWT token to the secure method. Is there any way?

goa design file fragment:

var JWT = JWTSecurity("jwt", func() {
    Header("Authorization")
    Scope("api:access", "API access") // Define "api:access" scope
})

Security(JWT, func() {
    // Use JWT to auth requests to this endpoint
    Scope("api:access") // Enforce presence of "api" scope in JWT claims.
})

Action("secure", func() {
    Description("This action is secured with the jwt scheme")
    Routing(GET("/jwt"))
    Response(OK)
})

and this DSL gets generated into this method:

func (c *JWTSessionsController) Secure(ctx *app.SecureJWTContext) error {
    return ctx.OK(&app.Success{false})
}

The generated action is secured and works well (Middleware is mounted and all validation passes). But I want to get username inside in the action. Is is somehow possible?

I would like to get it in this way:

ctx.User.Username

For now I will have to parse the jwt twice. :frowning:

Stack overflow link (no new information there): link

I made a helper that parses base64 token claims.

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