@smithy/signature-v4
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A standalone implementation of the AWS Signature V4 request signing algorithm
This package contains an implementation of the AWS Signature Version 4 authentication scheme.
It is internal to Smithy-TypeScript generated clients, and not generally intended for standalone usage outside this context.
For custom usage, inspect the interface of the SignatureV4 class.
The aws-sdk package is the official AWS SDK for JavaScript, which includes a wide range of functionalities for interacting with AWS services, including request signing. It provides a higher-level abstraction compared to @smithy/signature-v4, making it easier to use for common tasks but less flexible for custom signing needs.
The aws4 package is a lightweight library for signing AWS requests with AWS Signature Version 4. It is similar to @smithy/signature-v4 in that it focuses specifically on request signing, but it is less integrated with the broader AWS SDK ecosystem.
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A standalone implementation of the AWS Signature V4 request signing algorithm
The npm package @smithy/signature-v4 receives a total of 33,752,555 weekly downloads. As such, @smithy/signature-v4 popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @smithy/signature-v4 demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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