What is @toruslabs/openlogin-utils?
@toruslabs/openlogin-utils is a utility package designed to assist with various functionalities related to OpenLogin, a passwordless authentication solution. It provides tools for encoding, decoding, and other cryptographic operations that are essential for secure authentication processes.
What are @toruslabs/openlogin-utils's main functionalities?
Base64 Encoding and Decoding
This feature allows you to encode and decode strings using base64url encoding, which is a URL-safe variant of base64 encoding.
const { base64url } = require('@toruslabs/openlogin-utils');
// Encoding a string to base64url
const encoded = base64url.encode('Hello, World!');
console.log(encoded); // Outputs: 'SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ'
// Decoding a base64url string
const decoded = base64url.decode(encoded);
console.log(decoded); // Outputs: 'Hello, World!'
Hex Encoding and Decoding
This feature allows you to convert strings to their hexadecimal representation and vice versa.
const { toHex, fromHex } = require('@toruslabs/openlogin-utils');
// Converting a string to hex
const hexString = toHex('Hello, World!');
console.log(hexString); // Outputs: '48656c6c6f2c20576f726c6421'
// Converting a hex string back to a regular string
const normalString = fromHex(hexString);
console.log(normalString); // Outputs: 'Hello, World!'
SHA-256 Hashing
This feature provides a way to hash strings using the SHA-256 algorithm, which is commonly used in cryptographic applications.
const { keccak256 } = require('@toruslabs/openlogin-utils');
// Hashing a string using SHA-256
const hash = keccak256('Hello, World!');
console.log(hash); // Outputs: '0x...'
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OpenLogin Utils
OpenLogin is a plug & play authentication suite that combines the simplicity of passwordless authentication with the security of non-custodial public key infrastructure (PKI).
OpenLogin utils contains supporting utility functions for OpenLogin.
Head over to docs to get started.