denim-api-auth-middleware

denim-api-auth-middleware

Api Key authorization middleware for Express

Getting Started

yarn add denim-api-auth-middleware

Prerequisites

Tested with Express 4

Installing

install package

yarn add denim-api-auth-middleware

• OR - npm install denim-api-auth-middleware

most basic setup

import Express from 'express'
import makeApiKeyAuthMiddlware from 'denim-api-auth-middleware'
import http from 'http'

const app = new Express()

//Note: production keys should be randomly generated. See https://github.com/substack/node-hat
const API_KEYS = { 
    mySecretKey: 'mySecretPassword'
}
const apiKeyAuthMiddlware = makeApiKeyAuthMiddleware(API_KEYS) //initialize
app.use(apiKeyAuthMiddlware) // API Key auth middleware

app.get('/',(req, res)=>{
	res.send('Great Success')
})

const server = http.createServer(app)
server.listen(8080, () =>
  console.log('HTTP Server Listening on Port',8080)
)

# curl localhost:8080

Forbidden

# curl localhost:8080 \  
  --header "Authorization: mySecretKey:mySecretPassword"
  
Great Success

Running the tests

run tests once: yarn test

watch tests: yarn test --watch

Deployment

yarn publish

Built With

• node - Node 9.2.0
• prettier-standard - Used for code style
• babel-cli - Used for transpiling and running es6
• babel-preset-env - Used for transpiling and running es6
• jest - Testing framework
• chai - Assertion Library
• husky - Pre-commit hooks
• lint-staged - Linting for changed files

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Michael W. Clark - Initial work - MichaelWClark

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details