url-signer

Tiny library for signing and validating URLs. Also exposes an Express middleware which is optional to use.

Originally developed for Quixel.

Inspired from sign-url and signed both of which didn't really float the boat.

Usage

Initializing the singleton

var signer = require('url-signer');

signer.init({
  privateKey: "mySuperSecurePrivateKey", // required
  algorithm: "sha256", // optional
  digest: "base64", // optional
  ttl: 3600 // optional
});

Signing a URL

var signedUrl = signer.getSignedUrl("http://site.com?id=50&accessToken=ae75ofjb7402");

Verifying a URL

var valid = signer.verifySignedUrl(signedUrl);
if (valid === true) {
  // all good; serve the secure payload
} else if (valid === 'expired') {
  // the signed url was valid but has been expired
} else{
  // the signed url is invalid  
}

Using the Express middleware

// Using the default behavior of `signer.verifier()`
// Sends 403 if invalid
// Sends 410 if expired
app.get("/endpoint", signer.verifier(), function(req,res) {
  // all good!
  // res.sendStatus(200);
});

// Using the custom callbacks with `signer.verifier()`
app.get("/endpoint", signer.verifier({
  invalid: function(req, res) {
    // req.sendStatus(403);
  },
  expired: function(req, res) {
    // req.sendStatus(410);
  }  
}), function(req,res) {
  // all good!
  // res.sendStatus(200);
});

History

v0.1.4

Fixed a typo in README.md

v0.1.3

Type cast options.ttl to Number

v0.1.2

Cleaned up JSDoc comments

v0.1.1

Added some notes in README.md

v0.1.0

Initial release

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Kamil Waheed

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