hapi-hashids

hapi-hashids

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Hapi.js plugin wrapper for hashids.

Installation

1. In your Hapi.js project install hapi-hashids:

   npm install --save hapi-hashids
   

2. Register the plugin with your server object:

   server.register({
       register: require('hapi-hashids'),
       options: {
           salt: 'this is my salt',
           minHashLength: 0, // Optional
           alphabet: 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890', // Optional
       }
   }, (err) => {
   
       if (err) {
           throw err; // Something bad happened
       }
       // Your code
   });
   

Usage

Once hapi-hashids are registered with your server, you can make use of them anywhere the server object is accessible (such as request handlers - request.server).

All examples below are from the Node.js hashids git repo, but are using the Hapi plugin attached to the server object.

Configuration:

• The salt used is: this is my salt.
• minHashLength and alphabet were unspecified to use their defaults, unless otherwise stated.

Encoding one number

server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].encode(12345); // NkK9

Decoding

server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].decode('NkK9'); // [ 12345 ]

Decoding with different salt

Decoding will not work if the salt is changed:

server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].decode('NkK9'); // []

Encoding several numbers

server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].encode(683, 94108, 123, 5); // aBMswoO2UB3Sj

Or pass as an array:

const arr = [683, 94108, 123, 5]
server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].encode(arr); // aBMswoO2UB3Sj

Decoding into several numbers

server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].decode('aBMswoO2UB3Sj'); // [ 683, 94108, 123, 5 ]

Using minHashLength

We set the minimum id length to 8 (by default it is 0 -- meaning ids will be the shortest possible length).

server.register({
    register: require('hapi-hashids'),
    options: {
        salt: 'this is my salt',
        minHashLength: 0,
    }
}, (err) => {

    if (err) {
        throw err; // Something bad happened
    }
    // This call could be anywhere in the application, as long as server is accessible.
    server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].encode(1); // gB0NV05e
    server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].decode('gB0NV05e'); // [ 1 ]
});

Specifying custom alphabet

Here we set the alphabet to consist of valid hex characters: 0123456789abcdef

server.register({
    register: require('hapi-hashids'),
        options: {
        salt: 'this is my salt',
        alphabet: '0123456789abcdef',
    }
}, (err) => {

    if (err) {
        throw err; // Something bad happened
    }
    // This call could be anywhere in the application, as long as server is accessible.
    server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].encode(1234567); // b332db5
    server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].decode('b332db5'); // [ 1234567 ]
});

Hex encoding/decoding

Hashids also support encoding and decoding of hex values, not only integers:

server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].encodeHex('507f191e810c19729de860ea'); // yNyaoWeKWVINWqvaM9bw
server.plugins['hapi-hashids'].decodeHex('yNyaoWeKWVINWqvaM9bw'); // 507f191e810c19729de860ea

Security notice

Hashids are used when you do not want to expose integer ids to the user. They should not be used for security purposes and are only meant as an algorithm to obfuscate numbers to give YouTube and Bit.ly style identifiers.

Read more on the official documentation page.