Verify-fsdir-md5 NPM

verify-fsdir-md5

Compare the md5 base64 hash of files in a directory against an md5.json file also stored in the directory.

Absolute paths contained within the md5.json file are ignored.

Returns a Promise resolving to [ true|false, goodFileList, badFileList, {file:err} , md5jsonDirname]

Unless fastfail is true, then throws the first error or md5 mismatch it sees.

true|false is overall status

goodFileList is an Array of 0 or more files where the md5 listed in md5.json matches the md5 of current file contents

badFileList is an Array of 0 or more files where the md5 listed in md5.json did not match the md5 of current file contents

{file:err} contains exceptions reported when trying to access the files listed in md5.json. For instance, a file might not exist in the bucket.

md5jsonDirname is the "directory" portion of the path of the md5.json file

Files in the badFileList have been modified from the md5 reported in md5.json

Note that files that are not listed in the md5.json file will not be reported in any list and do not invalidate the overall status.

An Error will be thrown if the md5.json file does not exist in the bucket at the specified path.

The idea is to leave "md5.json" files in various locations and then check them later to see if there is a race condition or other file corruption.

Format of md5.json file

Here is an example md5.json file:

{
  "data.csv": "trzZQXBy/dyK6Mrjo9PcDw==",
  "volume.csv": "oT2DqcLal2Q/jqa7v9OTlQ==",
  "ohlc.csv": "ec4Iv4lqXi7zTYcPyDuurw==",
  "trade.csv": "plBdOSkqnC1On6q/KmTJkQ==",
  "profit.csv": "KErh65AGh1Rzze9DT1uDnw==",
  "secrettradingstrategy.js": "SZC2JijuJoIds9mDH1ERMA=="
}

Note that this is an object in JSON format.

Each key indicates a filename in the current directory to check.

Each value is the base64 md5 hash of the file.

Base64 representation of md5 was chosen to be compatible with Google Cloud Storagetm, which keeps base64 md5's in metadata.

Importing and Setup

const verifyMD5 = require('verify-fsdir-md5');

Usage

verifyMD5 returns a Promise to the results of the testing

verifyMD5('/path/to/md5.json', fastfail)   // fastfail is true (throws asap) or false/undefined (returns all results)
.then(function(status){
// status[0] is either true or false, reflecting overall md5 test status
// status[1] is an Array of filenames from md5.json that passed the md5 check
// status[2] is an Array of filenames from md5.json that failed the md5 check
// status[3] is an Object whose keys are the filesnames where exceptions were reported in accessing md5 metadata
//                   and  whose values are the exceptions
// status[4] is the "directory" portion of the path, e.g. /path/in/the/bucket/to/

     if (!status[0]){
         // there was a problem
     throw new Error("Oh No! There was a problem with file integrity, race conditions, etc.");
 }
})
.then(doYourNextFunction);