Buttercup Credentials

Encrypted credentials handler for Buttercup

About

This library provides the Credentials implementation used throughout the Buttercup suite. Credentials is a toolkit to handle account/login data in a secure manner by providing easy encryption/decryption of user details.

Installation

Simply run npm install @buttercup/credentials --save to install.

This library requires @buttercup/app-env for environment and low-level functionality initialisation. This is usually performed alongside buttercup core.

Usage

Credentials can be created in a variety of ways:

const Credentials = require("@buttercup/credentials");

// ---

const c1 = new Credentials();
c1.username = "bob";
c1.password = "test123";

const c2 = new Credentials({ type: "example", username: "alice", password: "123test" });

const c3 = Credentials.fromPassword("amazingPass");

Credentials
    .fromSecureString(encryptedString, "myPass")
    .then(creds => { /* ... */ });

For more details on what methods are available, check the API documentation.

Note: The type field is used internally by Buttercup, but is not required for external usage.