AuthenticServer

This is the server component of authentic. This provides endpoints for signup, login, confirm, and password change.

Example

var fs = require('fs')
var http = require('http')
var Authentic = require('authentic-server')

var auth = Authentic({
  db: __dirname + '/users/',
  publicKey: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/rsa-public.pem'),
  privateKey: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/rsa-private.pem'),
  sendEmail: function (emailOpts, cb) {
    // send email however you'd like (nodemailer, powerdrill, etc...)
    // emailOpts.type is either 'signup' or 'change-password-request'
    // emailOpts.email is where to send the email
    // see API docs for more properties like confirmToken and changeToken
    setImmediate(cb)
  }
})

var server = http.createServer(auth)

server.listen(1337)
console.log('Authentic enabled server listening on port', 1337)

Installation

npm install --save authentic-server

Module API

Authentic(opts)

This is the main entry point. Accepts an options object and returns a handler function.

var auth = Authentic({
  db: __dirname + '/users/',
  privateKey: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/rsa-private.pem'),
  publicKey: fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/rsa-public.pem'),
  sendEmail: function (emailOpts, done) {
    console.log(emailOpts)
    setImmediate(done)
  }
})

// auth is now a function that accepts req, res, and optional next arguments
var server = http.createServer(function(req, res, next){
  auth(req, res, next)

  function next (req, res) {
    // authentic-server will call next if none of its routes match
    // useful if you want to have other routes on the server
    res.end('Not an authentic route')
  }
})

// or simply
var server = http.createServer(auth)

options

Authentic() takes an options object as its first argument, several of them are required:

• db: any of the following:
  • a string location of where to open (or create if it doesn't exist) a levelDB on disk
  • an object that has get and put methods that follow this form (see test/fake-db.js for an example):
    • get: function (key, cb) { ... }
    • put: function (key, value, cb) { ... }
  • a levelDB compatible db instance (e.g. multileveldown or levelup + sqldown, dynamodown, redisdown, etc... )
• privateKey: RSA private key in PEM format. Can be created with the command: openssl genrsa 4096 > rsa-private.pem
• publicKey: RSA public key in PEM format. Can be created with the command: openssl rsa -in rsa-private.pem -pubout > rsa-public.pem
• sendEmail(emailOpts, done): please provide function that sends email how you'd like. Use the provided emailOpts to craft an email, send it, and call done(err) when finished.
  • Here's an example using Mandrill/powerdrill, but nodemailer or anything else would work great too.
  • Any additional data sent in the POST will be available -- if you'd like to customize the "from" address or provide a "subject" from the client to use here, you may.
  • If err is null or undefined, authentic-server will treat it as a success.
  • emailOpts will come in one of two flavors depending on if it's a signup or a change password request:

{ type: 'signup',
  email: '[email protected]',
  confirmToken: '9a1dccd9f...',
  confirmUrl: 'https://scalehaus.io/confirm?confirmToken=9a1dccd9f...', // if provided with POST to /signup
  from: 'Authentic Accounts <[email protected]>' // if provided with the POST to /signup
}

OR

{ type: 'change-password-request',
  email: '[email protected]',
  changeToken: '0b4fa5904752b...',
  changeUrl: 'https://scalehaus.io/change-password?changeToken=0b4fa5904752b...', // if provided with the POST to /change-password-request
  from: 'Authentic Accounts <[email protected]>' // if provided with the POST to /change-password-request
} }

Optional:

• prefix: defaults to /auth. This is the path prefix for all authentic-server API endpoints. For example if you set prefix to /awesome, the endpoints will be /awesome/signup, /awesome/login, /awesome/confirm, etc...
• expiresIn: defaults to "30d". This is how long it takes before the token expires. Expressed in seconds or a string describing a time span rauchg/ms. Eg: 60, "2 days", "10h", "7d"

Server API

POST /auth/signup

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]", // required
    "password": "notswordfish", // required
    "confirmUrl": "https://yourwebapp.com/path/to/confirmation", // optional, if included will have ?email=${email}&confirmToken=${confirmToken} automatically added
    "from": "Authentic Accounts <[email protected]>", // additional data will be provided to sendEmail
    "provide": "anything you'd like" // you can pass anything you'd like
}

This endpoint will create the user in an "unconfirmed" state (can't login), and it will email the user with the specified url with an additional ?confirmToken=d619f2d02... parameter added. On success will respond:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "User created. Check email for confirmation link.",
    "data": {
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "createdDate": "2015-11-05T22:39:22.994Z"
    }
}

POST /auth/confirm

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "confirmToken": "d619f2d02aea5b091afba5ae01b8183203215c880b327cbc290562ecbd66"
}

If the confirmToken is correct, will set the user as "confirmed" (can now login), and will also respond with an authToken for immediate use:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "User confirmed.",
    "data": { "authToken": "eyJ0e..." }
}

POST /auth/login

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "notswordfish"
}

This endpoint will check the email/password and will respond with an authToken if correct:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Login successful.",
    "data": {
        "authToken": "eyJ0eXAiOiJ..."
    }
}

POST /auth/change-password-request

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]", // required
    "changeUrl": "https://yourwebapp.com/path/to/change-password", // optional, if included will have ?email=${email}&confirmToken=${confirmToken} automatically added
    "from": "Authentic Accounts <[email protected]>", // additional data will be provided to sendEmail
    "provide": "anything you'd like" // you can pass anything you'd like
}

This endpoint will add a changeToken to the user, and it will email the user with the specified url with an additional ?changeToken=560ada2... parameter added. On success will respond:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Change password request received. Check email for confirmation link."
}

POST /auth/change-password

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "newawesomepassword",
    "changeToken": "560ada2..."
}

This endpoint will check if the changeToken is correct, and if it is it will change the user's password to the one provided and will respond with an authToken:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Password changed.",
    "data": {
        "authToken": "eyJ0eXAiOiJ..."
    }
}

POST /auth/magic-request

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "magicUrl": "https://yourwebapp.com/path/to/magic-action",
    "from": "Your Service Name <[email protected]>",
    "provide": "anything you'd like"
}

This endpoint generates a magicToken for the user, and if a magicUrl is provided, it appends this token along with the user's email to the URL. It then sends an email to the user with the magicUrl or instructions for the next steps. On success, it responds with:

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Magic login request received. Check email for confirmation link."
}

This functionality allows for a seamless login or action confirmation process without the need for the user to remember a password, enhancing the user experience by leveraging a "magic link" sent via email.

POST /auth/magic-login

Accepts a JSON object:

{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "magicToken": "ada2..."
}

This endpoint will check if the magicToken is correct, and if it is it will respond with an authToken:

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Magic login successful.",
    "data": {
        "authToken": "eyJ0eXAiOiJ..."
    }
}

GET /auth/public-key

Responds with the server's public key. This is what allows your other services to decrypt the authToken and know who the user is and that the data was encrypted by this server.

{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "publicKey": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIICIjANB..."
    }
}

License

MIT