node-mpw

node-mpw

Implementation of Master Password for nodejs and browser

Installation

Requirements:

• Node.js (v4.0.0+)

Note: this package uses scrypt which is built with node-gyp so you might need to compile C code. Blame node-gyp.

First, install Node.js, and then open a terminal and run node -v and npm -v to make sure Node is installed correctly.

Now we can install the package.

$ npm install --save node-mpw

Once it's installed and in your node_modules folder, you can now run the script! Here's an example:

import mpw from 'node-mpw'

const username = 'username'
const password = 'password'
const site = 'example.com'

const key = mpw.generateKey(username, password)
const generated = mpw.generatePassword(site, key, 1, 'long', 3)

API Reference

generateKey

mpw.generateKey(name: string, password: string, version?: string, namespace?: string): Buffer

Calculate the master key from a user's name and master password.

Parameters

• name: string The desired username.
• password: string The desired master password.
• version?: string The algorithm version being used for this process.
• namespace? string The namespace used as a salt to calculate the key.

Returns: a key generated from the scrypt algorithm.

generatePassword

mpw.generatePassword(site: string, key: Buffer, counter?: number, template?: string, version?: number, namespace?: string): string

Encode a site password using the site's type template.

Parameters

• site: string The site name. The bare domain name is an ideal choice.
• key: Buffer An scrypt-hashed key generated from the generateKey() function.
• counter?: number An integer that can be incremented when the user needs a new password for the site.
• template?: string The password template that the user chooses.
• version?: number The algorithm version being used for this process.
• namespace?: string The namespace used as a salt to calculate the seed.

Returns: the final, generated password.

Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guidelines & Code of Conduct beforehand.

Reading the commit log

We use a few emojis as an identifier on what the commits are. The following commit naming scheme is loosely based on the Commitizen commit naming conventions. Feel free to use this standard as well.

• :bulb: (bulb): Working on new features
• :bug: (bug): Bug squashing
• :memo: (memo): Working on documentation
• :dash: (dash): Code style cleanup / linting / dusting / etc.
• :construction: (construction): Large refactors or rewrites
• :wrench: (wrench): Adding missing tests
• :arrow_up: (arrow_up): Version bumps