Secret helper

Helper module that:

• Creates API keys
• Creates salts
• Creates hashes
• Validates hashes
• Creates random strings

Installation

npm i @subgeniuscorp/secret-helper

Usage

Setup

const sh = require("@subgeniuscorp/secret-helper")

Create new API key

Use the generateApiKey method to generate a new API key consisting of random alphanumeric characters.

The API key length is defined in the config. It defaults to 30.

const apiKey = sh.generateApiKey();
// => 438ae36953

// If you'd like an API key of a specific length
const apiKey = sh.generateApiKey({ length: 20 });

// NOTE: API key length defaults to 30 if not provided.

Create a salt

The salt length is defined in the setup. It defaults to 30.

const salt = await sh.generateSalt();
// => wEa1g

const salt = await sh.generateSalt({ saltRounds: 10 });

// NOTE: Salt length defaults to 10 if not provided.

Create a hash

Note: createHash returns a promise.

const hash = await sh.createHash({
  valueToHash: "some string",
  saltLength: 10,
});
//=> maTsufd8d07db203eb64bf039de1d38d84aae

const hash = await sh.createHash({
  valueToHash: "some string",
});
// Note: saltLength defaults to 10 if not provided.

Validate a hash

Note: validateHash returns a promise.

const isValid = await sh.validateHash({
  hashValue: "jQHg1ed6d0b28cb5be10171f15204b9626990",
  valueToCompare: "some string",
});
// => true

Generate a random string

const randomStr = sh.generateRandomString({ length: 5 });
// => 4Hf3d

length defaults to 10 if not provided.

const randomStr = sh.generateRandomString();
// => dB8roaA2lK

Test

To run tests:

npm run test