What is verdaccio-htpasswd?
The verdaccio-htpasswd package is a plugin for Verdaccio, a lightweight private npm proxy registry. This plugin allows you to manage user authentication using htpasswd files, which is a simple way to store usernames and passwords for HTTP authentication.
What are verdaccio-htpasswd's main functionalities?
User Authentication
This feature allows you to authenticate users against an htpasswd file. The code sample demonstrates how to set up the htpasswd plugin and authenticate a user.
const Htpasswd = require('verdaccio-htpasswd');
const config = { file: './htpasswd', max_users: 1000 };
const htpasswd = new Htpasswd(config);
htpasswd.authenticate('username', 'password', (err, user) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Authentication failed:', err);
} else {
console.log('Authenticated user:', user);
}
});
User Registration
This feature allows you to register new users by adding them to the htpasswd file. The code sample demonstrates how to add a new user.
const Htpasswd = require('verdaccio-htpasswd');
const config = { file: './htpasswd', max_users: 1000 };
const htpasswd = new Htpasswd(config);
htpasswd.adduser('newuser', 'newpassword', (err, user) => {
if (err) {
console.error('User registration failed:', err);
} else {
console.log('Registered user:', user);
}
});
Password Management
This feature allows you to change the password of an existing user. The code sample demonstrates how to change a user's password.
const Htpasswd = require('verdaccio-htpasswd');
const config = { file: './htpasswd', max_users: 1000 };
const htpasswd = new Htpasswd(config);
htpasswd.changePassword('username', 'newpassword', (err) => {
if (err) {
console.error('Password change failed:', err);
} else {
console.log('Password changed successfully');
}
});
Other packages similar to verdaccio-htpasswd
htpasswd
The htpasswd package is a simple utility for managing htpasswd files. It provides basic functionalities like adding and deleting users, but it does not integrate directly with Verdaccio like verdaccio-htpasswd does.
http-auth
The http-auth package provides HTTP Basic and Digest authentication for Node.js. While it offers more advanced authentication mechanisms, it does not specifically integrate with Verdaccio for npm registry authentication.
express-basic-auth
The express-basic-auth package is a simple middleware for basic authentication in Express.js applications. It is useful for protecting routes with basic auth but does not offer the same level of integration with Verdaccio as verdaccio-htpasswd.