@CentralPing/passcode

A slightly opinionated stateless passcode manager.

Why slightly opinionated? Some people like more flexibility to implement solutions and this module hopefully allows for that. The few opinions employed in this module include the choice of hashing method, pbkdf2 (which can be configured), and a custom random 6 digit passcode generator (custom passcodes can also be provided). The biggest opinion however is to enforce signing the JWT and hashing the passcode. Doing niether results in an unsecure and effectively useless passcode verification as unsigned JWTs can be modified by anyone and unhashed codes can be read by anyone. If that is desired then this module is superflous as the underlying jsonwebtoken module can handle that directly.

Installation

npm i --save @centralping/passcode

API Reference

passcode~issue(security, [payload], claims, hash) ⇒ Object

Issues a signed token with a hashed passcode, token ID, expiration time and the stringified passcode.

Kind: inner method of passcode
Returns: Object - {error, value: {id, expires, passcode, token}}

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | security | Object | | | | security.salt | String | | A string to salt the passcode hash. | | security.secret | String | Object | | A string or key to sign the JWT. | | [security.passcode] | String | | The passcode (defaults to random 6 digit string). | | [security.iss] | String | | JWT issuer (used as additional verification). | | [security.aud] | String | | JWT audience (used as additional verification). | | [security.sub] | String | | JWT subject (used as additional verification). | | [payload] | Object | | Essentially a passthrough for jsonwebtoken payload support. | | [payload.jti] | Date | | JWT ID (defaults to a uuid.v4 value). | | claims | Object | | Essentially a passthrough for jsonwebtoken claims support. | | [claims.expiresIn] | Number | String | 5m | JWT expiration time span. In seconds or a parsable string for zeit/ms | | hash | Object | | Essentially a passthrough for pbkdf2 hashing options. | | [hash.iterations] | Number | 1000 | Hash iterations. | | [hash.keyLength] | Number | 64 | Hash length. | | [hash.digest] | String | sha512 | Hashing algorithm. | | [hash.encoding] | String | hex | Hash encoding. |

Example

const {error, value} = issue({salt, secret}, {email: '[email protected]'});

passcode~verify(token, security, hash) ⇒ Object

Verifies a signed token with the provided challenge passcode.

Kind: inner method of passcode
Returns: Object - {error, value: {iat, jti, exp, ...TOKEN_PAYLOAD}}

| Param | Type | Default | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | token | String | | The token to be verified | | security | Object | | | | security.passcode | String | | The challenge passcode. | | security.salt | String | | A string to salt the challenge passcode hash. | | security.secret | String | Object | | A string or key to verify the JWT. | | [security.iss] | String | | JWT issuer (used as additional verification). | | [security.aud] | String | | JWT audience (used as additional verification). | | [security.sub] | String | | JWT subject (used as additional verification). | | hash | Object | | Essentially a passthrough for pbkdf2 hashing options. | | [hash.iterations] | Number | 1000 | Hash iterations. | | [hash.keyLength] | Number | 64 | Hash length. | | [hash.digest] | String | sha512 | Hashing algorithm. | | [hash.encoding] | String | hex | Hash encoding. |

Example

const {error, value} = verify(token, {passcode, salt, secret});

Examples

For Simple Verification With a Secret

const {issue, verify} = require('passcode');

// Generate a signed token with hashed random passcode
const {error, value: {id, expires, passcode, token}} = issue({
  salt: YOUR_SALT,
  secret: YOUR_SECRET
});
/**
 * Do something with the token
 */
// Verify token with code
const {error, value} = verify(token, {
  passcode: ENTERED_PASSCODE,
  salt: YOUR_SALT,
  secret: YOUR_SECRET
});

For Simple Verification With a Key

const {issue, verify} = require('passcode');
const secret = fs.readFileSync('public.pem');

// Generate a signed token with hashed random passcode
const {error, value: {id, expires, passcode, token}} = issue({
  salt: YOUR_SALT,
  secret
});
/**
 * Do something with the token
 */
// Verify token with code
const {error, value} = verify(token, {
  passcode: ENTERED_PASSCODE,
  salt: YOUR_SALT,
  secret
});

For Including Payload Data

const {issue, verify} = require('passcode');

// Generate a signed token with custom payload
const {error, value: {id, expires, passcode, token}} = issue({
  salt: YOUR_SALT,
  secret: YOUR_SECRET
}, {
  email: '[email protected]'
});
/**
 * Do something with the token
 */
// Verify token with code
const {error, value: {email}} = verify(token, {
  passcode: ENTERED_PASSCODE,
  salt: YOUR_SALT,
  secret: YOUR_SECRET
});

License

MIT