@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus v5.9.67

• Description
• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• API Documentation
  • get
  • validate
  • signedBy
  • print
• Reference packages
• License

Description

@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus is a node.js library for common ssl-certificates tasks such as fetch, parse and validation.

Features

• zero third-party dependencies
• async/await support
• optional use of node's crypto module
• asn1 viewer

Installation

npm install --save @hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus

Usage

node.js:

'use strict';
 
const sslCertificates = require('@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus')
 
sslCertificates.get('nodejs.org').then(function (certificate) {
  console.log(certificate.issuer)
  // { 
  //   C: 'GB',
  //   ST: 'Greater Manchester',
  //   L: 'Salford',
  //   ....
  // }
});

API Documentation

get

fetch the ssl-certificate from a host, url or local file

const { get } = require('@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus');

await get(from, options);

args

• from: string p.e.: https://url/cert.der, nodejs.com, /tmp/cert.pem
• options: object

validate

tests the validity of a ssl-certificate, the aspects tested are

• Is date valid?
• Is the domain valid?
• Is the chain of trust valid?
• Is the root CA self signed?
• Was the certificate revoked by it's issuer
• Are the cryptographic details valid
• Is the root CA valid?

const { validate } = require('@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus');

await validate(from, options);

args

• from: string p.e.: https://url/cert.der, nodejs.com, /tmp/cert.pem
• options: object

signedBy

validates a ssl-certificate being signed by some other certificate

const { signedBy } = require('@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus');

await signedBy(from, signer, options);

args

• from: string p.e.: https://url/cert.der, nodejs.com, /tmp/cert.pem
• signer: string p.e.: https://url/cert.der, nodejs.com, /tmp/cert.pem
• options: object

print

print the asn1 tree structure

const { print } = require('@hishprorg/praesentium-ducimus');

await printCertificate(from, options);

args

• from: string p.e.: https://url/cert.der, nodejs.com, /tmp/cert.pem
• options: object

return

• string: with the asn tree structure

Reference packages

thanks

• get-ssl-certificate
• cert-info
• asn1js
• ssl-validator

License

The module is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.