0.0.4 • Published 10 years ago
cryptonite v0.0.4
cryptonite
Encryption & decryption and signing of objects for node.js made simple.
It's slim wrapper on top of node.js library. Useful for for example secure storing values in cookies.
Example
example for express js cookies
var Cryptonite = require('cryptonite');
var cookie = require('cookie');
var cryptonite = new Cryptonite({
cryptoSecret: 'very secret crypto secrect',
signingSecret: 'very secret signing secrect'
});
var authenticationTicket = {
userId: '3456798764',
token: '234567895345764857864237654345764'
};
var encryptedAuthenticationTicket = cryptonite.encrypt(authenticationTicket);
res.cookie('auth_cookie',encryptedAuthenticationTicket, {
httpOnly: true,
maxAge: 86000
});
var cookies = req.headers.cookie;
var parsedCookies = cookie.parse(cookies);
var authCookieValue = parsedCookies['auth_cookie'];
var retreivedAuthenticationTicket = cryptonite.decrypt(authCookieValue);
License
MIT