Fix "should not use basic type string as key in context.WithValue" golint

Solution 1:

Just use a key type:

type key int

const (
    keyPrincipalID key = iota
    // ...
)

Since you've defined a separate type, it will never collide. Even if you have two packages, pkg1.key(0) != pkg2.key(0).

See also: Go Blog about key collisions in context.

Solution 2:

Use type struct{} much better.

type ctxKey struct{} // or exported to use outside the package

ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, ctxKey{}, 123)
fmt.Println(ctx.Value(ctxKey{}).(int) == 123) // true

Reference: https://golang.org/pkg/context/#WithValue

The provided key must be comparable and should not be of type string or any other built-in type to avoid collisions between packages using context. Users of WithValue should define their own types for keys. To avoid allocating when assigning to an interface{}, context keys often have concrete type struct{}. Alternatively, exported context key variables' static type should be a pointer or interface.