oauth-1.0a

What is oauth-1.0a?

The oauth-1.0a npm package is a lightweight library for implementing OAuth 1.0a authentication in Node.js applications. It provides utilities for generating OAuth signatures, creating authorization headers, and handling the OAuth flow.

What are oauth-1.0a's main functionalities?

Generate OAuth Signature

This feature allows you to generate an OAuth signature for a given request. The code sample demonstrates how to create an OAuth instance, define the request data, and generate the signature using the consumer and token credentials.

const OAuth = require('oauth-1.0a');
const crypto = require('crypto');

const oauth = OAuth({
  consumer: { key: 'your-consumer-key', secret: 'your-consumer-secret' },
  signature_method: 'HMAC-SHA1',
  hash_function(base_string, key) {
    return crypto.createHmac('sha1', key).update(base_string).digest('base64');
  }
});

const request_data = {
  url: 'https://api.example.com/resource',
  method: 'GET'
};

const token = {
  key: 'your-access-token',
  secret: 'your-token-secret'
};

const signature = oauth.authorize(request_data, token);
console.log(signature);

Create Authorization Header

This feature allows you to create an OAuth authorization header for a given request. The code sample demonstrates how to generate the authorization header using the OAuth instance and the request data.

const OAuth = require('oauth-1.0a');
const crypto = require('crypto');

const oauth = OAuth({
  consumer: { key: 'your-consumer-key', secret: 'your-consumer-secret' },
  signature_method: 'HMAC-SHA1',
  hash_function(base_string, key) {
    return crypto.createHmac('sha1', key).update(base_string).digest('base64');
  }
});

const request_data = {
  url: 'https://api.example.com/resource',
  method: 'GET'
};

const token = {
  key: 'your-access-token',
  secret: 'your-token-secret'
};

const authorizationHeader = oauth.toHeader(oauth.authorize(request_data, token));
console.log(authorizationHeader);

Handle OAuth Flow

This feature demonstrates how to handle the OAuth flow to access a protected resource. The code sample shows how to generate the authorization header and make an authenticated request using the axios library.

const OAuth = require('oauth-1.0a');
const crypto = require('crypto');
const axios = require('axios');

const oauth = OAuth({
  consumer: { key: 'your-consumer-key', secret: 'your-consumer-secret' },
  signature_method: 'HMAC-SHA1',
  hash_function(base_string, key) {
    return crypto.createHmac('sha1', key).update(base_string).digest('base64');
  }
});

async function getProtectedResource() {
  const request_data = {
    url: 'https://api.example.com/resource',
    method: 'GET'
  };

  const token = {
    key: 'your-access-token',
    secret: 'your-token-secret'
  };

  const authorizationHeader = oauth.toHeader(oauth.authorize(request_data, token));

  try {
    const response = await axios.get(request_data.url, { headers: authorizationHeader });
    console.log(response.data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
}

getProtectedResource();

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oauth-1.0a

OAuth 1.0a Request Authorizer