Fast Auth

A simple yet fast Token Authorization / Authentication method. No need for bulky modules

This module is lightwight and simply gets straight to the point of creating and authorizing tokens with expiry built in.

Main functions & Features

Features	Description
createToken(payload,secret)	This simply encodes our payload *data* to base 64 and signs the token using hmac sha256 for productive security 2018*
authToken(token, secret)	This will check the token is valid and that the data has not been tampered with.
expiry default 9000000 2.5hrs	You can set your own expiry by using createToken(payload,secret,expiry)
Authorization: Bearer	This currently works using tokens that contain Bearer, see examples to add this so it will also parse your token if not.

Requires

• Tested on Node.js v10.14+.
• Uses crypto for the hmac sha256 token signing.

Installation

Install using NPM

npm i fastauth --save

Test example using

Make sure you are inside the fastauth directory and use

node example/app.js

Example Usage

Creating a token

// Require our module.
const auth = require('fastauth');
 
let secret = '3748238949jkfndkcvniwe733' // Please use a secure secret.
userID = '1',
userName = 'AdminTest',
email = '[e-mail]',
custom = 'custom',
expiry = 3000000,
 
payload = `
    "user": {
        "_id":"${userID}",
        "username":"${userName}",
        "email":"${email}",
        "custom":"${custom}"
    }`;
let token = auth.createToken(payload, secret);
console.log(`Your token has been created: Bearer ${token}`);

Sample output

PAYLOAD IN BASE64 SEPREATED BY . WHICH IS THE SIGNATURE

ewogICAgInVzZXIiOiB7CiAgICAgICAgIl9pZCI6IjEiLAogICAgICAgICJ1c2VybmFtZSI6IkFkbWluVGVzdCIsCiAgICAgICAgImVtYWlsIjoiYWRtaW5AdGVzdC5jb20iLAogICAgICAgICJjdXN0b20iOiJjdXN0b20iCiAgICB9LCJpYXQiOjE1NDQ3OTU3NTY5MjYsCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICJleHAiOjE1NDQ3OTg3NTY5MjYKICAgICAgICB9.Hwv18Lpc7QSd/RVROVbWhIMnVDmsB+uPsepeLjbycTE=

Authenticating a token

// Require our module.
const auth = require('fastauth');
 
let token = req.headers['authorization']; // OR
// If the token has does not have Bearer use
let token = `Bearer ${token from req}`;
 
let isAuth = auth.authToken(checkToken, secret);
// If isAuth...
if(isAuth)
    // Do stuff after the token has been verified.
    console.log(`You're token is valid! Data: ${token}`);
else
    // Invalid token.
    console.log(`Invalid Token!`);

Updates

v1.0.4 -- This is the first stable release.

To do

Possibly improve some of the code Improve the readme / doc, to better undersand the function.

Feedback

Feedback and improvments are always appreciated and help us to improve so please leave some!

License

Licensed under MIT.