express-gatekeeper v1.0.1

express-gatekeeper

Gatekeeper for Express is your man-on-the-door for your Express server - Choose who you let in and who you keep out.

Installation

Gatekeeper for Express is an Express middleware available through NPM:

$ npm install express-gatekeeper

API

const gateKeeper = require('express-gatekeeper');

gateKeeper is used to manage incoming requests, whitelisting and blacklisting them based on specified criteria. Two functions are exposed once gateKeeper has been imported: whitelist() and blacklist().

gateKeeper.whitelist(options)

whitelist() uses the criteria specified in the options argument to allow requests through. IP addresses and hostnames within the options argument will be allowed.

options

whitelist() takes a required options object containing the following keys:

ips - '127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.2'

Array of strings - determines the IP addresses of requests to be allowed through.

hostnames - 'localhost', 'google.com'

Array of strings - determines the hostnames of requests to be allowed through.

redirectUrl - '/error'

String - determines the URL to redirect to if the request IP or hostname doesn't match those specified in ips or hostnames respectively.

gateKeeper.blacklist(options)

blacklist() uses the criteria specified in the options argument to stop requests coming through and redirect them. IP addresses and hostnames within the options argument will be redirected.

options

blacklist() takes a required options object containing the following keys:

ips - '127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.2'

Array of strings - determines the IP addresses of requests to be redirected.

hostnames - 'localhost', 'google.com'

Array of strings - determines the hostnames of requests to be redirected.

redirectUrl - '/error'

String - determines the URL to redirect to if the request IP or hostname matches those specified in ips or hostnames respectively.

Examples

gateKeeper.whitelist(options)

This example shows how gateKeeper.whitelist() can be used with Express:

const gateKeeper = require('express-gatekeeper');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.use(gateKeeper.whitelist({
  ips: [
    '127.0.0.1'
  ],
  hostnames: [
    'localhost'
  ],
  redirectUrl: 'https://google.com'
}));

app.get('/home', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Homepage');
});

app.listen(3000);

If the requests IP address is not 127.0.0.1 and the requests hostname is not localhost, the request will be redirected to https://google.com.

gateKeeper.blacklist(options)

This example shows how gateKeeper.whitelist() can be used with Express:

const gateKeeper = require('express-gatekeeper');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.use(gateKeeper.blacklist({
  ips: [
    '127.0.0.1'
  ],
  hostnames: [
    'localhost'
  ],
  redirectUrl: 'https://google.com'
}));

app.get('/home', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Homepage');
});

app.listen(3000);

If the requests IP address is 127.0.0.1 or the requests hostname is localhost, the request will be redirected to https://google.com.

License

MIT