Make authroization use shared state, giving ~200 speedup

src/authorization.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 // Import the Rocket requirements
 use rocket::http::Status;
-use rocket::request::{self, Outcome, Request, FromRequest};
+use rocket::State;
+use rocket::request::{Outcome, Request, FromRequest};
 
-// Import the jwt validation functions
-mod jwt_validation {
-    include!("jwt_validation.rs");
-}
-use crate::authorization::jwt_validation::*;
+// Import async types to share jwt_info
+use crate::SharedJwtInfo;
+use crate::jwt_validation::*;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct BoardMember {
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct BoardMember {
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum AuthenticationError {
     InvalidJWT,
+    FailedToGrabJWTInfo,
     MissingAuthenticationHeader,
     InvalidAuthenticationHeader,
 }
@@ -43,20 +43,23 @@ impl<'r> FromRequest<'r> for BoardMember {
             None => return Outcome::Error((Status::Unauthorized, AuthenticationError::InvalidAuthenticationHeader))
         }
 
-        // This is temporary, this should be saved and not called on each validation
-        let mut jwt_info: JwtInfo;
-        match fetch_jwt_info("https://sso.gitgals.com/application/o/sebtest/.well-known/openid-configuration", vec!("https://sso.gitgals.com/application/o/sebtest/".into())).await {
-            Ok(data) => jwt_info = data,
-            Err(e) => {
-                println!("{:?}", e);
-                return Outcome::Error((Status::InternalServerError, AuthenticationError::InvalidJWT))
-            },
+        // Grab the JWT info struct from rocket
+        let state = req.guard::<&State<SharedJwtInfo>>().await;
+
+        // Handle the state, and upon success store it in the jwt_info
+        let jwt_info;
+        match state {
+            Outcome::Success(fetched_state) => jwt_info = fetched_state.inner().0.as_ref(),
+            Outcome::Error(err) => return Outcome::Error((err.0, AuthenticationError::FailedToGrabJWTInfo)),
+            Outcome::Forward(status) => return Outcome::Error((status, AuthenticationError::FailedToGrabJWTInfo)),
         }
-        jwt_info.audience = vec!("CLaLr8sikEiN7NCrPMhjhbtLZgnZJ6JZVzPdVN5P".into());
+
+        // Grab the variable lock
+        let mut jwt_info_lock = jwt_info.lock().await;
 
         // Validate the token and store the result
         let valid_token: MyClaims;
-        match validate_jwt(jwt_token, &mut jwt_info).await {
+        match validate_jwt(jwt_token, &mut jwt_info_lock).await {
             Ok(data) => valid_token = data,
             Err(e) => {
                 println!("{:?}", e);

src/jwt_validation.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ use reqwest;
 use rocket::serde::{Deserialize, json::serde_json};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+// JWT Shared state async stuff
+use rocket::tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
 // Define a struct for the claims you expect in your token
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct MyClaims {

src/main.rs

@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@ use webserver_member::*;
 // Handle CORS
 use rocket_cors::{AllowedOrigins, CorsOptions};
 
-// Handle authentication
+// Handle autorization
+// Async types to share jwt_info
+use rocket::tokio::sync::Mutex;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+// Actual authorization functions
+mod jwt_validation;
+use jwt_validation::{JwtInfo, fetch_jwt_info};
 mod authorization;
 use authorization::BoardMember;
 
+struct SharedJwtInfo(Arc<Mutex<JwtInfo>>);
+
 // Serve the very exiting main page
 #[get("/")]
 fn index(board_member: BoardMember) -> String {
@@ -27,16 +35,35 @@ fn index(board_member: BoardMember) -> String {
 
 #[launch]
 async fn rocket() -> _ {
+    // Create a database connection
     let db = match set_up_db().await {
         Ok(db) => db,
         Err(err) => panic!("{}", err)
     };
 
+
+    // Fetch the JWT info from the authentication server
+    let jwt_info: Arc<Mutex<JwtInfo>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(fetch_jwt_info(
+        "https://sso.gitgals.com/application/o/sebtest/.well-known/openid-configuration",
+        vec!["https://sso.gitgals.com/application/o/sebtest/".into()]
+    ).await.expect("Failed to fetch authorization info")));
+
+    // Set the expected audience field in a scoped block to make sure the lock is released as soon as we are done
+    {
+        // Grab the mutex lock
+        let mut jwt_info_lock = jwt_info.lock().await;
+        // Set the expected audience field
+        jwt_info_lock.audience = vec!("CLaLr8sikEiN7NCrPMhjhbtLZgnZJ6JZVzPdVN5P".into());
+    }
+
+    // Configure CORS
     let cors = CorsOptions::default().allowed_origins(AllowedOrigins::all())
         .to_cors().unwrap();
 
+    // Start the webserver
     rocket::build()
         .manage(db)
+        .manage(SharedJwtInfo(jwt_info))
         .attach(cors)
         .mount("/", routes![
             index,