added glob matching to auth middleware

hwsauth/ignorepaths.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package hwsauth
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 )
 
 // IgnorePaths excludes specified paths from authentication middleware.
@@ -25,6 +27,19 @@ func (auth *Authenticator[T, TX]) IgnorePaths(paths ...string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Invalid path: '%s'", path)
 		}
 	}
-	auth.ignoredPaths = paths
+	auth.ignoredPaths = prepareGlobs(paths)
 	return nil
 }
+
+func prepareGlobs(paths []string) []glob.Glob {
+	compiledGlobs := make([]glob.Glob, 0, len(paths))
+	for _, pattern := range paths {
+		g, err := glob.Compile(pattern)
+		if err != nil {
+			// If pattern fails to compile, skip it
+			continue
+		}
+		compiledGlobs = append(compiledGlobs, g)
+	}
+	return compiledGlobs
+}