query-string-hash

Encrypt and Decrypt query string

query-string-hash hides the query string params by encrypting them it into two way hash.

How it works?

• Hides query params from URL by hashing them.
• Encrypt the query params with a strong key.
• Decrypt and get JSON by using the same key.

Install

$ npm install query-string-hash 
OR
$ yarn add query-string-hash

This module uses simple-encryptor. to encrypt and decrypt the string and query-string to parse the string.

Usage

At encryption side

const { encryptQueryParams } = require('query-string-hash')
const key = "real secret keys should be long and random"; //Encryption key (optional) should be atleast 16 characters long.

const queryParams = 'name=John&&age=22&&number=9876543210'; //query string params which you want to encrypt
const hash = encryptQueryParams(queryParams, key) // returns the encryptd hash which can be used as a single query string while routing
Or
const hash = encryptQueryParams(queryParams) // key is optional.

// Output 
hash = 0561267fc5adccb1a3898b2d24af78b1eb69b980b5a1180d60494f9d64afccbd081b27110880da8fadbe10ffa3fa4420uO8Ub4lj652Veq5u4DraQ2YH9j96/VjfFMQfJaYE7W05io6I4WQgV8QbZAA+Wc4R

At decryption side

const { decryptQueryParams } = require('query-string-hash')
const key = "real secret keys should be long and random";

const queryParams = decryptQueryParams(hash, key) //returns the decrypted query params which can be used for further processing in JSON format.
Or
const queryParams = decryptQueryParams(hash) //key is optional

// Output 
queryParams = {
  age: '22',
  name: 'John',
  number: '9876543210'
}

Usage with ES6

import { encryptQueryParams, decryptQueryParams } from "query-string-hash";

Options

1. hash: { type: string, required: true }
2. key: { type: string, required: false }

Example

Usage with Vue URL https://example.com?name=John&&age=22&&number=9876543210 can be encrypred as below

  import { encryptQueryParams } from 'query-string-hash'
  export default {
      // other options
      methods: {
          exampleFunc() {
				const key = "real secret keys should be long and random";
            	const queryParams = 'name=John&&age=22&&number=9876543210'; 
				const hash = encryptQueryParams(queryParams, key)
                Or
                const hash = encryptQueryParams(queryParams) // key is optional.
            	this.$router.push(`https://example.com?hash=${hash}`)
          }
      }
  }

Above URL becomes https://example.com?hash=0561267fc5adccb1a3898b2d24af78b1eb69b980b5a1180d60494f9d64afccbd081b27110880da8fadbe10ffa3fa4420uO8Ub4lj652Veq5u4DraQ2YH9j96/VjfFMQfJaYE7W05io6I4WQgV8QbZAA+Wc4R

At decryption side Extract query string from https://example.com?hash=0561267fc5adccb1a3898b2d24af78b1eb69b980b5a1180d60494f9d64afccbd081b27110880da8fadbe10ffa3fa4420uO8Ub4lj652Veq5u4DraQ2YH9j96/VjfFMQfJaYE7W05io6I4WQgV8QbZAA+Wc4R

import { decryptQueryParams } from 'query-string-hash'
  export default {
      // other options
      methods: {
          exampleFunc() {
				const key = "real secret keys should be long and random";
                const queryParams = decryptQueryParams(this.$route.query.hash, key)
                Or
                const queryParams = decryptQueryParams(this.$route.query.hash) //key is optional
                
                //play with decrypted params ie; queryParams
          }
      }
  }

Gives us { age: '22', name: 'John', number: '9876543210' }