puddinheads-sanitize

Lightweight email and sensitive text sanitization for Node.js apps.

Quick start

npm install puddinheads-sanitize

Example usage

const { sanitize } = require("puddinheads-sanitize");

sanitize("My email is [email protected]");
// "My email is [REDACTED]"

API endpoint

Start the built-in server:

npx puddinheads-sanitize

Then send a request to:

POST /sanitize
content-type: application/json

{
  "text": "My email is [email protected]"
}

Response example

{
  "sanitized": "My email is [REDACTED]"
}

Package API

sanitize(input, options?)

Redacts email addresses from a string.

Optional options:

• replacement: override the default [REDACTED] placeholder
• patterns: add extra strings or RegExp values to redact

createSanitizeHandler(options?)

Creates a Node HTTP handler for POST /sanitize.

Accepted JSON bodies:

{ "text": "My email is [email protected]" }

or:

{ "input": "My email is [email protected]" }

createSanitizeServer(options?)

Creates a Node HTTP server with the sanitize handler mounted.