Ineedatestcert NPM

ineedatestcert

cli for generating certificates

How

First, npm install -g ineedatestcert then:

Note: The examples below use inatc as the command name, but you can also fully spell it out, if you wish (ie: ineedatestcert)

$ inatc
Options:
  -h, --help      Show help                                            [boolean]
  -o, --out       specify a file to output to                    [default: null]
  -b              specify key size                               [default: 2048]
  -c, --name      specify common name     [default: "<uuid>.ineedatestcert.com"]
  -p, --password  password to use for pkcs                         [default: ""]
  -t, --type      type of output - pem or pkcs                 [default: "pkcs"]
  -u, --org       organization to use                     [default: "Test Cert"]
  -a, --ca        specify file to output ca bundle to            [default: null]
  --alt           specify alternative dns names                  [default: null]
  --na            not after date                            [default: <now>+1yr]

Made with <3 by @bengreenier

Why?

Generating certificates in different formats on different oses is hard. At the very least you need to remember a bunch of openssl flags and have openssl installed everywhere. This is easier, pure js, and works everywhere.

API

You can use ineedatestcert as a module, too. Just npm install ineedatestcert then:

var TestCert = require('ineedatestcert');
var myCert = new TestCert({
        type: "pkcs",
        password: "",
        name: "<uuid>.innedatestcert.com",
        org: "Test Cert",
        b: 2048
    }).crunch(function (err, self) {
        //assert.equal(err, null);
        //assert.equal(self, myCert);
        var raw = myCert.getRaw();
        var publicRaw = myCert.getRawPublicOnly();
        var base64 = myCert.getBase64();
    });

Constructor

Note: The constructor is lightweight - the certificate creation calculations occur in crunch()

exposed by require('ineedatestcert') - used to create test cert instances.

Crunch

Note: crunch optionally takes a callback that gets passed any error instance, and the instance of the test cert. It is called once all the calculations complete (and the cert is therefore made). If it isn't passed, a promise is returned.

member function - used to actually do the maths to create the test cert data.

GetRaw

Note: When called with a pem cert, this is a string. When called with pkcs this is a string of binary data. When writing pkcs to disk you should specify encoding: "binary"

member function - returns the raw data of the test cert.