Databridges NodeJS NaCl Wrapper Library

Databridges NACL wrapper gives you a simple write and read function using implementation of the secretbox encryption standard defined in NaCl.

Databridges NACL wrapper is available for

• JavaScript
• NodeJS
• C#
• Python
• Java for Android
• iOS Swift

The above wrappers can be used to send encrypted messages between them.

The Databridges NACL wrapper for NodeJS Language binding uses tweetnacl to deliver implementation of the secretbox encryption standard defined in NaCl.

Usage Overview

The following topics are covered:

• Supported platforms
• Installation.
• Initialization
• Global Configuration
• How to use with Databridges Nodejs Library
• Change Log
• License

Supported platforms

Node.js version 10 or newer. (The current Long Term Support (LTS) release is an ideal starting point).

Installation.

You can use NPM package manager to install the package.

npm install databridges-nacl-wrapper --save

Initialization

const dbNaClWrapper = require('databridges-nacl-wrapper');
const secretData = new dbNaClWrapper();

Global Configuration

Required

The following is the required properties before using to dataBridges NaCl wrapper.

secretData.secret = '32 char alphanumeric string';

| Properties | Description | | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | secret | (string) 32 char alpha numeric string. NaCl encryption secret. |

Encrypt data

To encrypt data using NaCl, databridges wrapper exposes a method named write, This will return encrypted data if successful else it will throw error.

write()

try {
    const encData = secretData.write("Your Data..");
    console.log('Encrypted:', encData);
} catch (err) {
    console.log('Errors:', err.source, err.code, err.message);
}

| Parameter | Description | | --------- | ---------------------------------- | | data | (string) data to be encrypted. |

| Return Values | Description | | ------------- | ------------------ | | string | Encrypted string. |

Exceptions:

| Source | Code | Description | | ------------------ | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | INVALID_SECRET | secret is not set with the wrapper instance. | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | INVALID_DATA | If data is not passed to the function. | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | NACL_EXCEPTION | Exceptions generated by NaCl library. |

Decrypt data

To decrypt data using NaCl, databridges wrapper exposes a method named read, This will return decrypted data if successful else it will throw error.

read()

try {
    const decData = secretData.read("<Encrypted data.>");
    console.log('Decrypted:', decData);
} catch (err) {
    console.log('Errors', err.source, err.code, err.message);
}

| Parameter | Description | | --------- | ---------------------------------- | | data | (string) data to be encrypted. |

| Return Values | Description | | ------------- | ------------------ | | string | Encrypted string. |

Exceptions:

| Source | Code | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | INVALID_SECRET | secret is not set with the wrapper instance. | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | INVALID_DATA | If data is not passed to the function OR data is not a valid encrypted string. | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | NACL_EXCEPTION | Exceptions generated by NaCl library. | | DBLIB_NACL_WRAPPER | NACL_DECRYPT_FAILED | If decryption fails due to invalid secret or manipulated data. |

How to use with Databridges Nodejs Library

Below code shows how to integrate the NaCl wrapper with the Databridges library. After initialize you can use the wrapper library to encrypt and decrypt the data when publishing and receiving events.

// Initialize both databridges-sio-client-lib and databridges-nacl-wrapper
const dBridges = require('databridges-sio-client-lib');
const dbNaClWrapper = require('databridges-nacl-wrapper');

const dbridge = new dBridges();
const secretData = new dbNaClWrapper();
secretData.secret = "Your32 char secret.";

// .... Your databridges code comes here.

// On Subscription success event.
subscribeChannel.bind("dbridges:subscribe.success", (payload, metadata) => {
    console.log('Channel subscribe => bind', metadata.eventname, payload, JSON.stringify(metadata));
    try {
        // Encrypt data to publish.
        const encData = secretData.write("Your Data.."); 
        subscribeChannel.publish("eventName", encData, "1") 
    } catch (err) {
        console.log('Error:', err.source, err.code, err.message);
    }
});

// On payload Received event.
subscribeChannel.bind("eventName", (payload, metadata) => {
    console.log('eventName=> bind', metadata.eventname, payload, JSON.stringify(metadata));
    try {
        // Decrypt data received in the event.
        const decData = secretData.read(payload);
        console.log('Decrypted:', decData);
    } catch (err) {
        console.log('Error:', err.source, err.code, err.message);
    }
});

Change Log

• Change log: Changes in the recent versions

License

DataBridges NaCl Wrapper is released under the MIT license.

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