@hapi/cryptiles

What is @hapi/cryptiles?

@hapi/cryptiles is a utility library for cryptographic operations, providing functions for generating random strings, comparing secure strings, and other cryptographic utilities.

What are @hapi/cryptiles's main functionalities?

Random String Generation

Generates a random string of a specified length. In this example, a random string of 16 characters is generated.

const Cryptiles = require('@hapi/cryptiles');
const randomString = Cryptiles.randomString(16);
console.log(randomString);

Fixed Time Comparison

Compares two strings in a way that mitigates timing attacks. This example compares 'string1' and 'string2' and returns a boolean indicating if they are equal.

const Cryptiles = require('@hapi/cryptiles');
const result = Cryptiles.fixedTimeComparison('string1', 'string2');
console.log(result);

Token Generation

Generates a random token consisting of digits. In this example, a 6-digit random token is generated.

const Cryptiles = require('@hapi/cryptiles');
const token = Cryptiles.randomDigits(6);
console.log(token);

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README

@hapi/cryptiles

General purpose crypto utilities.

cryptiles is part of the hapi ecosystem and was designed to work seamlessly with the hapi web framework and its other components (but works great on its own or with other frameworks). If you are using a different web framework and find this module useful, check out hapi – they work even better together.

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