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stefanvanherwijnen / quasar-auth-starter / backend / console / configure.js View on Github

const generateNewKey = async () => {
  try {
    let sk = new SymmetricKey(new encoder)
    sk.generate().then(() => {
      let b64 = sk.encode() 
      env.PASETO_KEY = b64
      let output = envfile.stringifySync(env)
      fs.writeFileSync(sourcePath, output)
      console.log('New PASETO key has been sucessfully generated.')
    });
  } catch (err) {
    throw err
  }
}

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paseto

> PASETO: Platform-Agnostic SEcurity TOkens for Node.js with no dependencies.

Implemented Protocol Versions

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Documentation

• API Documentation
  • PASETO Protocol Version v4
  • PASETO Protocol Version v3
  • PASETO Protocol Version v2
  • PASETO Protocol Version v1

Usage

Installing paseto

npm install paseto

Usage

const paseto = require('paseto')

// Generic (all versions) APIs
const { decode } = paseto

// PASETO Protocol Version v1 specific API
const { V1 } = paseto // { sign, verify, encrypt, decrypt, generateKey }

// PASETO Protocol Version v2 specific API
const { V2 } = paseto // { sign, verify, generateKey }

// PASETO Protocol Version v3 specific API
const { V3 } = paseto // { sign, verify, encrypt, decrypt, generateKey }

// PASETO Protocol Version v4 specific API
const { V4 } = paseto // { sign, verify, generateKey }

// errors utilized by paseto
const { errors } = paseto

Producing tokens

const { V4: { sign } } = paseto

(async () => {
  {
    const token = await sign({ sub: 'johndoe' }, privateKey)
    // v4.public.eyJzdWIiOiJqb2huZG9lIiwiaWF0IjoiMjAyMS0wOC0wM1QwNTozOTozNy42NzNaIn3AW3ri7P5HpdakJmZvhqssz7Wtzi2Rb3JafwKplLoCWuMkITYOo5KNNR5NMaeAR6ePZ3xWUcbO0R11YLb02awO
  }
})()

Consuming tokens

const { V4: { verify } } = paseto

(async () => {
  {
    const payload = await verify(token, publicKey)
    // { sub: 'johndoe', iat: '2019-07-01T15:22:47.982Z' }
  }
})()

FAQ

Supported Library Versions

Semver?

Yes. Everything that's either exported in the TypeScript definitions file or documented is subject to Semantic Versioning 2.0.0. The rest is to be considered private API and is subject to change between any versions.

How do I use it outside of Node.js

It is only built for Node.js environment versions >=16.0.0