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@vyng/truecaller-node
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truecaller-node
is an npm module to verify Truecaller user profiles from the server.
npm install @vyng/truecaller-node
const truecaller = require('@vyng/truecaller-node');
// Truecaller profile object from the mobile SDK
var profile = {
payload: <base64 encoded string>,
signature: <string>,
signatureAlgorithm: <string>, // SHA512withRSA
};
// Options (defaults shown)
var options = {
url: <url to fetch public keys>, // https://api4.truecaller.com/v1/key
ttl: 1000 * 60 * 10, // Allow request time to be maximum of 10 minutes in the past. If ttl is 0, no check is done.
publicKeys: undefined, // Explicitly specifies public keys. Useful in case truecaller changes their fetch.
};
...
const profile = await truecaller.verifyProfile(profile, options);
if (profile.verifiedSignature) {
// Server side verification of profile succeeded!
}
...
If publicKeys are not explicitly specified, then truecaller-node will fetch and cache public keys for 24 hours.
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Node Truecaller profile verification
The npm package @vyng/truecaller-node receives a total of 99 weekly downloads. As such, @vyng/truecaller-node popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @vyng/truecaller-node demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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