byteskode-keygen

byteskode key generator utility

Installation

$ npm install --save byteskode-keygen

Usage

var keygen = require('byteskode-keygen');
 
//generate key
keygen.generate(<payload>, function(error, key){
    ...
});
 
//verify key
keygen.verify(<key>, <payload>, function(error, isValid){
    ...
});

Options

Internal configuration of byteskode-keygen can be altered by set a value to a specific options. The structure of the options is

{
    encryption: 'md5', //encryption algorithm
    encoding: 'hex', //encoding format
    keyLength: 20, //default key length
    chunkSize: 4, //chuck of keys to be formatted
    format: true, //format generated key
    separator: '-', //key separator 
    secret: undefined //encyption key default to machine id
}

To alter any configuration just pass your option overrides as

var keygen = require('byteskode-keygen');
 
//change encryption algorithm
keygen.options.encryption = 'sha256';

To restore default settings

var keygen = require('byteskode-keygen');
 
keygen.restore();

Structure

The structure of the key generated is

{ 
  prefix: 'E43427',
  key: '5540-7479-75D9-D0F9-2C6F',
  suffix: 'D2639D',
  secret: 'be9d373a4e73de831216c228cb729c71' 
}

Where

• prefix - Part of the key extracted to be used as prefix in verification
• key - The actual key with default length of 20 characters
• suffix - Part of the key extracted to be used as suffix in verification
• secret - A secret key used in generating a key

Testing

• Clone this repository

• Install all development dependencies

$ npm install

• Then run test

$ npm test

References

• Hash Function
• Product Key
• Product Activation
• Digital Rights Management
• Keygen
• Software License Server

Contribute

It will be nice, if you open an issue first so that we can know what is going on, then, fork this repo and push in your ideas. Do not forget to add a bit of test(s) of what value you adding.

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 byteskode & Contributors

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