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@simplewebauthn/typescript-types
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TypeScript types used by the @simplewebauthn series of libraries
TypeScript typings for @simplewebauthn/server and @simplewebauthn/browser
v6.0.0 - The one with Ed25519 Support
This release also marks the return of the library's ability to pass FIDO Conformance! Adding Ed25519 signature verification (see below) finally allowed the library to pass all required tests, and nearly all optional tests.
Packages:
Changes:
verifyAuthenticationResponse()
now returns
Promise<VerifiedAuthenticationResponse>
instead of VerifiedAuthenticationResponse
(#256)Update your existing calls to verifyAuthenticationResponse()
to handle the values resolved by the
promises, whether with .then()
or await
depending on your code structure:
Before:
const verification = verifyAuthenticationResponse({
// ...
});
After:
const verification = await verifyAuthenticationResponse({
// ...
});
browserSupportsWebauthn()
has been renamed to browserSupportsWebAuthn()
(#257)Update calls to browserSupportsWebauthn()
to capitalize the "A" in "WebAuthn":
Before:
if (browserSupportsWebauthn()) {
// ...
}
After:
if (browserSupportsWebAuthn()) {
// ...
}
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TypeScript types used by the @simplewebauthn series of libraries
The npm package @simplewebauthn/typescript-types receives a total of 279,709 weekly downloads. As such, @simplewebauthn/typescript-types popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @simplewebauthn/typescript-types demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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