token-generator

an offline token generator and validator

What does it does?

It works on top of one dynamic variable, an expired timestamp, we simply create two things from it: an hash part and an obfuscated timestamp.

So, whenever you hit .generate, it will render a different token that could be always validated (even on different processes, or different nodes) as since you configure it with same salt and timestampMap.

Seems complex? ( If not, you really should dig on this and help us to make it even better )

Why should i use it?

• It's Open-Source and free to use;
• You could contribute to it;
• It's extendable, because it's built on top of findhit-class;
• You don't have to maintain a data source such as a database table to store tokens, each token carries its own check;
• It's secure, and you could increase security by providing your own hash method;
• We are also using it, if we trust on it, you should do it also!

Installation

 
    npm i --save token-generator
 

Usage

Token Generator is designed to have a simple impementation. You just need to create an TG with your own options just like the example above:

 
var TokenGenerator = require( 'token-generator' )({
        salt: 'your secret ingredient for this magic recipe',
        timestampMap: 'abcdefghij', // 10 chars array for obfuscation proposes
    });
 

Then you could generate and validate tokens simply as:

 
var token = TokenGenerator.generate();
 

And check with:

 
if ( TokenGenerator.isValid( token ) ) {
    // ...
} else {
    // ...
}
 
// You could also use
// .isInvalid
// .isntValid
// .isntInvalid
 

If you catch an invalid token, you could check why it is invalid by validating manually with .validate

 
try{
    TokenGenerator.validate( token )
} catch ( error ) {
 
    // For security proposes, error will always be 'Invalid or expired token'
    console.error( error )
 
    // But you can dig it up by checking `.parent` Error
    console.error( error.parent );
 
}
 

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