🔐 Encryption Lib

A lightweight deterministic encryption library that uses custom character patterns and secret keys for text encryption and verification.

📦 Installation

npm install encryption-lib

✨ Features

• 🔒 Deterministic Encryption: Same input + same key = same output every time
• 🎨 Pattern-Based: Uses customizable character patterns for encryption
• ✅ Verification Function: Validate encrypted text against original content
• ⚡ Lightweight: No heavy dependencies, uses native Node.js crypto module
• 🌍 Multi-Language Support: Works with English, Arabic, and special characters

🚀 Quick Start

const { encrypt, verifyEncryption } = require('encryption-lib');

// Encrypt text
const secretKey = 'my-super-secret-key';
const originalText = 'Sensitive data 123! @#٪';
const encrypted = encrypt(originalText, secretKey);

console.log('Encrypted:', encrypted);

// Verify encryption
const isValid = verifyEncryption(encrypted, originalText, secretKey);
console.log('Verification result:', isValid); // true

Note: encrypt and verifyEncryption use modern AEAD by default. To use the legacy pattern-based mode for obfuscation, pass { mode: 'pattern' }:

const legacy = encrypt('Hello', 'key', { mode: 'pattern' });
verifyEncryption(legacy, 'Hello', 'key', { mode: 'pattern' });

// TypeScript / ESM
import { encrypt, verifyEncryption } from 'encryption-lib';

const secretKey = 'my-super-secret-key';
const originalText = 'Sensitive data 123! @#٪';
const encrypted = encrypt(originalText, secretKey);
console.log('Encrypted:', encrypted);

const isValid = verifyEncryption(encrypted, originalText, secretKey);
console.log('Verification result:', isValid); // true

📖 API Reference

Legacy (Pattern-based) — encrypt(text, secretKey)

Encrypts text using predefined patterns and a secret key.

Parameters:

• text (String): The plain text to encrypt (supports English, Arabic, and special characters)
• secretKey (String): Secret key used for deterministic encryption

Returns:

• (String): Encrypted text consisting of 4-character blocks

Example:

const { encrypt } = require('encryption-lib');
const encrypted = encrypt('Hello World 123', 'my-secret-key');
console.log(encrypted); // Output: "x9$FM3@tQ1#z..."

Legacy (Pattern-based) — verifyEncryption(encryptedText, originalText, secretKey)

Verifies if encrypted text matches the original text when decrypted with the given key.

Parameters:

• encryptedText (String): The encrypted text to verify (must be divisible by 4 characters)
• originalText (String): The original plain text to compare against
• secretKey (String): Secret key used for encryption

Returns:

• (Boolean): true if encrypted text matches original text, false otherwise

Example:

const { verifyEncryption } = require('encryption-lib');
const isValid = verifyEncryption(encryptedText, 'Hello World', 'my-secret-key');
console.log(isValid); // Output: true or false

💡 Usage Examples

Basic Text Encryption

const { encrypt, verifyEncryption } = require('encryption-lib');

const secretKey = 'my-secret-password';
const originalText = 'Hello World 123! @#٪ العربية';

// Encrypt
const encrypted = encrypt(originalText, secretKey);
console.log('Encrypted:', encrypted);

// Verify
const isValid = verifyEncryption(encrypted, originalText, secretKey);
console.log('Verification successful:', isValid); // true

Different Keys Produce Different Results

const { encrypt } = require('encryption-lib');

const text = 'Same text but different keys';
const encrypted1 = encrypt(text, 'key1');
const encrypted2 = encrypt(text, 'key2');

console.log('Different keys produce different results:', encrypted1 !== encrypted2); // true

File Content Encryption

const { encrypt, verifyEncryption } = require('encryption-lib');
const fs = require('fs');

// Encrypt file content
const fileContent = fs.readFileSync('document.txt', 'utf8');
const encryptedContent = encrypt(fileContent, 'file-secret-key');

// Save encrypted content
fs.writeFileSync('document.encrypted.txt', encryptedContent);

// Later, verify the encrypted content
const isValid = verifyEncryption(
  fs.readFileSync('document.encrypted.txt', 'utf8'),
  fileContent,
  'file-secret-key'
);

console.log('File verification:', isValid ? '✅ Success' : '❌ Failed');

Configuration Management

const { encrypt } = require('encryption-lib');

// Store keys securely (never in code)
const config = {
  apiKey: encrypt('actual-api-key', 'master-secret-key'),
  dbPassword: encrypt('database-password', 'master-secret-key')
};

// Save config to file
const fs = require('fs');
fs.writeFileSync('config.encrypted.json', JSON.stringify(config, null, 2));

🔧 Pattern Configuration

The library uses a fixed_patterns.json file that defines encryption patterns for each character. This file contains:

• Key-value pairs where keys are characters (including special characters, numbers, letters)
• Values are arrays of 4-character strings used as encryption patterns

Example pattern structure:

{
  "A": ["x9$F", "M3@t", "Q1#z"],
  "B": ["m8$K", "E2@q", "L4!c"],
  "ا": ["}o4x", "[W}G", "dQU|"],
  " ": ["jjej", "eggw", "6fx2"],
  "@": ["a1B@", "c2D#", "e3F$"],
  "1": ["1a0@", "1b1#", "1c2$"]
}

Each character has multiple 4-character patterns, and the specific pattern used is determined deterministically based on the secret key and character position.

🔐 Modern Cryptography APIs (Recommended)

These APIs provide confidentiality and integrity using AES-256-GCM (AEAD) with a scrypt-based key derivation.

encryptAEAD(plaintext: string, password: string, aad?: string): string

• Encrypts the given plaintext with AES-256-GCM.
• Uses scrypt to derive a 256-bit key from the provided password and a random 16-byte salt.
• Generates a 12-byte random nonce.
• Optionally binds Additional Authenticated Data (AAD) to the ciphertext.
• Returns a compact Base64url string with the following format: v1.aes-256-gcm.scrypt.<salt>.<nonce>.<ciphertext+tag>

decryptAEAD(payload: string, password: string, aad?: string): string

• Decrypts a payload produced by encryptAEAD.
• Throws an error if the message was tampered or if the password/AAD are incorrect.

sign(text: string, password: string): string

• Produces a deterministic HMAC-SHA256 signature (Base64url) for quick verification use-cases.
• Key is derived via scrypt using an internal, fixed salt.

verifySignature(text: string, mac: string, password: string): boolean

• Verifies an HMAC signature using constant-time comparison.

Quick Examples

// AEAD encrypt/decrypt
const { encryptAEAD, decryptAEAD } = require('encryption-lib');

const password = 'very-strong-password';
const aad = 'my-app-v1';
const pt = 'Sensitive data 123!';

const payload = encryptAEAD(pt, password, aad);
const recovered = decryptAEAD(payload, password, aad);
console.log('Recovered equals original?', recovered === pt);

// HMAC sign/verify
const { sign, verifySignature } = require('encryption-lib');

const mac = sign('Hello World', 'secret');
console.log('Valid:', verifySignature('Hello World', mac, 'secret'));

// TypeScript usage
import { encryptAEAD, decryptAEAD, sign, verifySignature } from 'encryption-lib';

const payload = encryptAEAD('مرحبا', 'كلمة-سر');
console.log(decryptAEAD(payload, 'كلمة-سر'));

const mac = sign('data', 'key');
console.log(verifySignature('data', mac, 'key'));

Note: The legacy pattern-based APIs remain available but are suited for obfuscation only. Prefer AEAD for real confidentiality and integrity.

🧩 Runtime Notes

• This library is written in TypeScript and ships type definitions at dist/index.d.ts.
• The library reads fixed_patterns.json at runtime from the package root. The file is included in the published package via the files field in package.json.
• Requires Node.js >= 16.

🛠️ Development

npm install          # install deps
npm run dev          # watch mode (rebuild on change)
npm run build        # build to dist/
npm run clean        # remove dist/

⚠️ Security Notes

• 🔐 Purpose: This library is designed for obfuscation and light protection rather than military-grade encryption.
• ✅ Suitable For: client-side and server-side applications that need deterministic text obfuscation.

Maintainer: Abdallah Elnakib

For questions or support, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.