diff --git a/src/api/guards/auth.rs b/src/api/guards/auth.rs
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+use std::env;
+use std::result::Result;
+use chrono::prelude::*;
+use jsonwebtoken::{Header, Algorithm, EncodingKey, Validation, DecodingKey};
+use rocket::request::{FromRequest, Outcome};
+use rocket::http::{Status, ContentType};
+use rocket::{Request, response, Response};
+
+use crate::utils::errors::Error;
+use crate::utils::errors::ErrorCode;
+use rocket::response::Responder;
+use std::io::Cursor;
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Claims {
+    pub username: String,
+    #[serde(with = "date_serializer")]
+    iat: DateTime<Utc>,
+    #[serde(with = "date_serializer")]
+    exp: DateTime<Utc>
+}
+
+mod date_serializer {
+    use chrono::{DateTime, TimeZone, Utc};
+    use serde::{self, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+
+    /// Serializes a DateTime<Utc> to a Unix timestamp (milliseconds since 1970/1/1T00:00:00T)
+    pub fn serialize<S>(date: &DateTime<Utc>, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+        where
+            S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let timestamp = date.timestamp();
+        serializer.serialize_i64(timestamp)
+    }
+
+    /// Attempts to deserialize an i64 and use as a Unix timestamp
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<DateTime<Utc>, D::Error>
+        where
+            D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        Utc.timestamp_opt(i64::deserialize(deserializer)?, 0)
+            .single() // If there are multiple or no valid DateTimes from timestamp, return None
+            .ok_or_else(|| serde::de::Error::custom("invalid Unix timestamp value"))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Claims {
+    pub fn new(username: String, access_level: AccessLevel) -> Claims {
+        let iat = Utc::now();
+        let exp = match access_level {
+            AccessLevel::Admin => iat + chrono::Duration::minutes(30),
+            _ => iat + chrono::Duration::days(1)
+        };
+
+        Claims {
+            username,
+            iat: iat.date().and_hms_milli(iat.hour(), iat.minute(), iat.second(), 0),
+            exp: exp.date().and_hms_milli(exp.hour(), exp.minute(), exp.second(), 0)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn jwt(&self) -> Result<String, Error> {
+        let mut header = Header::default();
+        header.alg = Algorithm::HS512;
+        header.kid = Some(env::var("JWT_SIGNING_KEY").unwrap());
+        let key = env::var("JWT_PASSWORD").unwrap();
+
+
+        match jsonwebtoken::encode(&header, self, &EncodingKey::from_secret(key.as_bytes())) {
+            Ok(token) => Ok(token),
+            Err(_) => Err(Error::new(ErrorCode::AuthTokenCreationFailed))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn from(token: String) -> Result<Claims, Error> {
+        let key = env::var("JWT_PASSWORD").unwrap();
+        match jsonwebtoken::decode::<Claims>(&token, &DecodingKey::from_secret(key.as_bytes()),
+                                             &Validation::new(Algorithm::HS512)) {
+            Ok(token_data) => Ok(token_data.claims),
+            Err(_) => Err(Error::new(ErrorCode::MalformedAuthToken))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct ClaimResult(Result<Claims, Error>);
+
+impl ClaimResult {
+    pub fn inner(&self) -> Result<Claims, Error> {
+        self.0.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for ClaimResult {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn from_request(request: &'a Request<'r>) -> Outcome<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let values: Vec<_> = request.headers().get("Authorization").collect();
+        if values.len() > 1 {
+            return Outcome::Success(ClaimResult(Err(Error::new(ErrorCode::MultipleAuthToken))));
+        } else if values.len() == 0 {
+            return Outcome::Success(ClaimResult(Err(Error::new(ErrorCode::NoAuthToken))));
+        }
+
+        let token = values[0].to_string();
+
+        Outcome::Success(ClaimResult(Claims::from(token)))
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/api/guards/mod.rs b/src/api/guards/mod.rs
index e69de29..5696e21 100644
--- a/src/api/guards/mod.rs
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+pub mod auth;
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