@bolthub/verify

Verify that incoming requests to your origin server were proxied through the BoltHub gateway. Zero dependencies; uses only Node.js built-in crypto.

Install

npm install @bolthub/verify

Quick Start (Express)

import { expressHmacMiddleware } from "@bolthub/verify";

app.use(
  expressHmacMiddleware({
    secrets: [process.env.HMAC_SECRET!],
  })
);

Requests without a valid X-Gateway-Signature header are rejected with 403.

Verification Methods

BoltHub supports two verification methods:

HMAC Signature (recommended)

The gateway signs every request with HMAC-SHA256 over the canonical payload METHOD\nPATH\nTIMESTAMP\nNONCE\nBODY. This prevents replay attacks and body tampering.

import { verifyGatewaySignature } from "@bolthub/verify";

const result = verifyGatewaySignature(
  {
    method: req.method,
    path: req.path,
    headers: req.headers,
    body: rawBody,
  },
  { secrets: [process.env.HMAC_SECRET!] }
);

if (!result.valid) {
  return res.status(403).json({ error: result.error });
}

Shared Secret

A simpler method where the gateway sends a static X-Gateway-Secret header. No replay protection, but easier to set up.

import { verifyGatewaySecret } from "@bolthub/verify";

const result = verifyGatewaySecret(
  { method: req.method, path: req.path, headers: req.headers },
  { secrets: [process.env.GATEWAY_SECRET!] }
);

Secret Rotation

Both methods accept an array of secrets, allowing zero-downtime rotation:

expressHmacMiddleware({
  secrets: [currentSecret, previousSecret],
  maxAgeMs: 30_000,
});

The library tries each secret in order and accepts the first match.

API Reference

| Export | Description | |--------|-------------| | verifyGatewaySignature(request, options) | Verify HMAC-SHA256 signature headers | | verifyGatewaySecret(request, options) | Verify shared secret header | | expressHmacMiddleware(options) | Express/Connect middleware for HMAC verification | | expressSecretMiddleware(options) | Express/Connect middleware for shared secret verification | | VerifyOptions | Options: secrets, maxAgeMs | | VerifyResult | Result: { valid: boolean; error?: string } | | RequestLike | Minimal request shape accepted by verify functions |

License

MIT