paseto
PASETO: Platform-Agnostic SEcurity TOkens for Node.js with no dependencies.
Implemented Protocol Versions
| v1 | v2 | v3 | v4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| local | โ | |||
| public | โ | โ |
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Documentation
Usage
Installing paseto
npm install pasetoUsage
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 } = pasetoProducing 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
| Version | Security Fixes |
Other Bug Fixes |
New Features |
Node.js version supported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.x.x | >= 16.0.0 | |||
| 2.x.x | โ | ^12.19.0 || >=14.15.0 | ||
| 1.x.x | โ | >= 12.0.0 |
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