The 'otplib' (One Time Password Library) npm package is a comprehensive library for generating and validating one-time passwords (OTPs) using various algorithms such as TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) and HOTP (HMAC-based One-Time Password). It is commonly used for implementing two-factor authentication (2FA) in applications.
Generate TOTP
This feature allows you to generate a Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP). The code sets the step interval to 30 seconds, generates a secret, and then generates a TOTP based on that secret.
const otplib = require('otplib');
otplib.authenticator.options = { step: 30 }; // 30 seconds step
const secret = otplib.authenticator.generateSecret();
const token = otplib.authenticator.generate(secret);
console.log(`Generated TOTP: ${token}`);Validate TOTP
This feature allows you to validate a given TOTP against a secret. The code sets the step interval to 30 seconds, defines a secret and a token, and then checks if the token is valid for the given secret.
const otplib = require('otplib');
otplib.authenticator.options = { step: 30 };
const secret = 'KVKFKRCPNZQUYMLXOVYDSQKJKZDTSRLD';
const token = '123456';
const isValid = otplib.authenticator.check(token, secret);
console.log(`Is the TOTP valid? ${isValid}`);Generate HOTP
This feature allows you to generate an HMAC-based One-Time Password (HOTP). The code generates a secret, sets a counter, and then generates an HOTP based on the secret and counter.
const otplib = require('otplib');
const secret = otplib.hotp.generateSecret();
const counter = 1;
const token = otplib.hotp.generate(secret, counter);
console.log(`Generated HOTP: ${token}`);Validate HOTP
This feature allows you to validate a given HOTP against a secret and counter. The code defines a secret, a counter, and a token, and then checks if the token is valid for the given secret and counter.
const otplib = require('otplib');
const secret = 'KVKFKRCPNZQUYMLXOVYDSQKJKZDTSRLD';
const counter = 1;
const token = '123456';
const isValid = otplib.hotp.check(token, secret, counter);
console.log(`Is the HOTP valid? ${isValid}`);Speakeasy is another popular library for generating and validating one-time passwords (OTPs) using TOTP and HOTP algorithms. It offers similar functionalities to otplib but with a slightly different API. Speakeasy is known for its simplicity and ease of use.
Notp is a minimalistic library for generating and validating TOTP and HOTP tokens. It provides basic functionalities similar to otplib but lacks some of the advanced configuration options and features available in otplib.
Time-based (TOTP) and HMAC-based (HOTP) One-Time Password library
otplib is a JavaScript One Time Password (OTP) library.
It provides both functional and class based interfaces for
dealing with OTP generation and verification.
It implements both HOTP - RFC 4226
and TOTP - RFC 6238,
and are tested against the test vectors provided in their respective RFC specifications.
These datasets can be found in the packages/tests folder.
This library is also compatible with Google Authenticator, and includes additional methods to allow you to work with Google Authenticator.
Install the library via:
$ npm install otplib --save
# To install the Release Candidates:
$ npm install otplib@next --save
# Additional dependencies for TypeScript
$ npm install @types/node
| Release Type | Version |
|---|---|
| Current / Stable | |
| Release Candidate |  |
TypeScript support was introduced in v10.0.0
This library follows semver. As such, major version bumps usually mean API changes or behavior changes.
Please check upgrade notes for more information,
especially before making any major upgrades.
You might also want to check out the release notes associated with each tagged versions in the releases page.
import otplib from 'otplib';
const secret = 'KVKFKRCPNZQUYMLXOVYDSQKJKZDTSRLD'
// Alternatively: const secret = otplib.authenticator.generateSecret();
const token = otplib.authenticator.generate(secret);
const isValid = otplib.authenticator.check(token, secret);
// or
const isValid = otplib.authenticator.verify({ token, secret })
If you want to include a specific OTP specification, you can import it directly:
import hotp from 'otplib/hotp';
import totp from 'otplib/totp';
import authenticator from 'otplib/authenticator';
Important: If you import the libraries directly, you will have to provide a crypto
solution (this is to allow custom crypto solutions), as long as they implement createHmac and randomBytes.
Take a look at the browser implementation
of this package as an example.
For example:
import authenticator from 'otplib/authenticator';
import crypto from 'crypto';
authenticator.options = { crypto };
// Or if you're using the other OTP methods
// hotp.options = { crypto }
// totp.options = { crypto }
const secret = 'KVKFKRCPNZQUYMLXOVYDSQKJKZDTSRLD'
const token = authenticator.generate(secret); // 556443
For ease of use, the default exports are all instantiated instances of their respective classes. You can access the original classes via it's same name property of the instantiated class.
i.e
import hotp from 'otplib/hotp';
const HOTP = hotp.HOTP;
// const inst = new HOTP();
import totp from 'otplib/totp';
const TOTP = totp.TOTP;
// const inst = new TOTP();
import authenticator from 'otplib/authenticator';
const Authenticator = authenticator.Authenticator;
// const inst = new Authenticator();
// Alternatively, you can get it from the default module as well
import otplib from 'otplib';
const HOTP = otplib.hotp.HOTP
const TOTP = otplib.totp.TOTP
const Authenticator = otplib.authenticator.Authenticator
Expo does not contain a randomBytes implementation
within the platform-provided crypto. As such, you should avoid
using otplib.authenticator.generateSecret(); and generate your own secrets instead.
A browser-targeted version has been compiled. You'll need to add the following scripts to your code:
<script src="otplib-browser.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// window.otplib
</script>
You can find it in node_modules/otplib after you install.
Alternatively you can
<script src="https://unpkg.com/otplib@^10.0.0/otplib-browser.js"></script>
For a live example, the project site has been built using otplib-browser.js.
The source code can be found here.
In order to reduce the size of the browser package, the crypto package has been replaced with
an alternative implementation. The current implementation depends on Uint8Array
and the browser's native crypto methods, which may only be available in
recent browser versions.
To find out more about the replacements, you can take a look at packages/otplib-browser/crypto.js
The approximate output sizes are as follows:
Ihis library been split and classified into 6 core files with other specific environment based bundles provided.
| file | description |
|---|---|
| authenticator.js | Google Authenticator bindings |
| core.js | Functions for various steps in the OTP generation process |
| hotp.js | Wraps core functions into an instantiated HOTP class |
| otplib.js | Library entry file, containing all instances with crypto set up |
| totp.js | Wraps core functions into an instantiated TOTP class |
| utils.js | Helper utilities |
| file | description |
|---|---|
| otplib-browser.js | Browser compatible package built with webpack |
For more information about the functions, check out the documentation.
All instantiated classes will have their options inherited from their respective options
generator. i.e. HOTP from hotpOptions and TOTP/Authenticator from totpOptions.
All OTP classes have an object setter and getter method to override these default options.
For example,
import otplib from 'otplib';
// setting
otplib.authenticator.options = {
step: 30,
window: 1
};
// getting
const opts = otplib.authenticator.options;
// reset to default
otplib.authenticator.resetOptions();
| Option | Type | Defaults | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| algorithm | string | 'sha1' | Algorithm used for HMAC |
| createHmacSecret | function | hotpSecret, totpSecret | Transforms the secret and applies any modifications like padding to it. |
| crypto | object | node crypto | Crypto module to use. |
| digits | integer | 6 | The length of the token |
| encoding | string | 'ascii' ('hex' for authenticator) | The encoding of secret which is given to digest |
| epoch (totp, authenticator) | integer | null | Starting time since the UNIX epoch (seconds). epoch format is non-javascript. i.e. Date.now() / 1000 |
| step (totp, authenticator) | integer | 30 | Time step (seconds) |
| window (totp, authenticator) | integer or array | 0 | Tokens in the previous and future x-windows that should be considered valid. If integer, same value will be used for both. Alternatively, define array: [previous, future] |
In RFC 6238, the secret / seed length for different algorithms is predefined:
HMAC-SHA1 - 20 bytes
HMAC-SHA256 - 32 bytes
HMAC-SHA512 - 64 bytes
As such, the length of the secret is padded and sliced according to the expected length for respective algorithms.
The default encoding option has been set to hex (Authenticator) instead of ascii (TOTP).
Google Authenticator requires keys to be base32 encoded. It also requires the base32 encoder to be RFC 3548 compliant.
OTP calculation will still work should you want to use other base32 encoding methods (like Crockford's Base 32) but it will NOT be compatible with Google Authenticator.
import authenticator from 'otplib/authenticator';
const secret = authenticator.generateSecret(); // base 32 encoded hex secret key
const token = authenticator.generate(secret);
You may want to generate and display a QR Code so that users can scan
instead of manually entering the secret. Google Authenticator and similar apps
take in a QR code that holds a URL with the protocol otpauth://,
which you get from otplib.authenticator.keyuri.
While this library provides the "otpauth" uri, you'll need a library to generate the QR Code image.
An example is shown below:
// npm install qrcode
import qrcode from 'qrcode';
import otplib from 'otplib';
const otpauth = otplib.authenticator.keyuri('user', 'service', secret);
qrcode.toDataURL(otpauth, (err, imageUrl) => {
if (err) {
console.log('Error with QR');
return;
}
console.log(imageUrl);
});
Helper methods for getting the remaining time and used time within a validity period
of a totp or authenticator token were introduced in v10.0.0.
authenticator.timeUsed(); // or totp.timeUsed();
authenticator.timeRemaining(); // or totp.timeRemaining();
// The start of a new token would be when:
// - timeUsed() === 0
// - timeRemaining() === step
If you'll like to explore the library with local-repl you can do so as well.
$ npm install
$ npm run build
$ npx local-repl
# You should see something like:
# Node v8.9.4, local-repl 4.0.0
# otplib 10.0.0
# Context: otplib
# [otplib] >
$ [otplib] > secret = 'KVKFKRCPNZQUYMLXOVYDSQKJKZDTSRLD'
$ [otplib] > otplib.authenticator.generate(secret)
Check out: CONTRIBUTING.md
otplib is MIT licensed
FAQs
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