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+// Copyright © 2025 Prabhjot Singh Sethi, All Rights reserved
+// Author: Prabhjot Singh Sethi <prabhjot.sethi@gmail.com>
+
+package auth
+
+// Auth construct obtained as part of the auth action being performed
+// while processing a request, this is json tagged to allow passing
+// the inforamtion internally in the system between the microservices
+// we can validate entities like user, devices, service accounts etc
+type AuthInfo struct {
+	Realm     string `json:"realm,omitempty"`
+	UserName  string `json:"preferred_username"`
+	Email     string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+	FullName  string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	SessionID string `json:"sid"`
+}