@npmcli/redact
Advanced tools
Redact sensitive npm information from output.
This will redact npm_ prefixed tokens and UUIDs from values.
It will also replace passwords in stringified URLs.
redact(string)Redact values from a single value
const { redact } = require('@npmcli/redact')
redact('https://user:pass@registry.npmjs.org/')
// https://user:***@registry.npmjs.org/
redact(`https://registry.npmjs.org/path/npm_${'a'.repeat('36')}`)
// https://registry.npmjs.org/path/npm_***
redactLog(string | string[])Redact values from a string or array of strings.
This method will also split all strings on \s and = and iterate over them.
const { redactLog } = require('@npmcli/redact')
redactLog([
'Something --x=https://user:pass@registry.npmjs.org/ foo bar',
'--url=http://foo:bar@registry.npmjs.org',
])
// [
// 'Something --x=https://user:***@registry.npmjs.org/ foo bar',
// '--url=http://foo:***@registry.npmjs.org/',
// ]
redact-secrets is a package that provides similar functionality for redacting sensitive information from strings. It allows for custom patterns and multiple redactions. Compared to @npmcli/redact, it offers a more flexible API for defining redaction rules.
redact-pii is focused on redacting personally identifiable information (PII) from strings. It comes with built-in patterns for common PII such as email addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers. While @npmcli/redact is more general-purpose, redact-pii is specialized for PII.
log-sanitizer is a package designed to sanitize logs by redacting sensitive information. It supports custom patterns and multiple redactions similar to @npmcli/redact. However, it is specifically optimized for use in logging scenarios.
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Redact sensitive npm information from output
We found that @npmcli/redact demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 6 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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