diff --git a/auth_utility.go b/auth_utility.go
index 2348f8b..333f629 100644
--- a/auth_utility.go
+++ b/auth_utility.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func RefreshAuthToken(req *http.Request) (TokenClaims, error) {
 	return CreateAuthToken(claims.Username, Role{claims.Role, claims.RoleID})
 }
 
-// RbacCheck returns true if role that made HTTP request is authorized to
+// RbacCheck returns true if user that made HTTP request is authorized to
 // access the resource it is targeting.
 // It exctracts user's role from the JWT token located in Authorization header of
 // http.Request and then compares it with the list of supplied roles and returns
@@ -172,6 +172,37 @@ func RbacCheck(req *http.Request, authRoles []string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// ProcessRBAC returns token claims and boolean value based on user's rights to access resource specified in req.
+// It exctracts user's role from the JWT token located in Authorization header of
+// http.Request and then compares it with the list of supplied roles and returns
+// true if there's a match, if "*" is provided or if the authRoles is nil.
+// Otherwise it returns false.
+func ProcessRBAC(req *http.Request, authRoles []string) (*TokenClaims, bool) {
+	if authRoles == nil {
+		return nil, true
+	}
+
+	// validate token and check expiration date
+	claims, err := GetTokenClaims(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return claims, false
+	}
+	// check if token has expired
+	if claims.ExpiresAt < (time.Now()).Unix() {
+		return claims, false
+	}
+
+	// check if role extracted from token matches
+	// any of the provided (allowed) ones
+	for _, r := range authRoles {
+		if claims.Role == r || r == "*" {
+			return claims, true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return claims, false
+}
+
 // GetTokenClaims extracts JWT claims from Authorization header of the request.
 // Returns token claims or an error.
 func GetTokenClaims(req *http.Request) (*TokenClaims, error) {