@elastic.io/ntlm-client
v1.0.0
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A node.js NTLM client with support for NTLM and NTLMv2 authentication. Continuation of ntlm-client and node-ntlm-client.
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ntlm-client
A node.js NTLM client with support for NTLM and NTLMv2 authentication
npm install ntlm-client
Example Usage
const ntlmRequest = require('@elasticio/ntlm-client').request;
(async function makeExampleRequest() {
const { response } = await ntlmRequest({
username: 'MYDOMAIN\SomeUser',
password: 'P@$$word1!',
uri: 'https://api.someservice.com',
method: 'POST',
request: {
json: true, // Example of parameter passed to request.js
body: {
foo: 'bar'
},
headers: {
Date: 'Today'
}
}
});
console.log(`Received status code: ${response.statusCode} Body: ${response.body}`);
})()
API
request(options)
A convenience function that tries to authenticate against a given URL using the request
module.
If NTLM is not supported, it will fallback to Basic Auth.
- Arguments
options
an object holding below options for the authentication process:uri
the target URLmethod
the HTTP verbusername
password
request
this is optional. An object that holds options that should be passed to the request instance
- Returns
Promise
when resolved, therequest
instance, the result and the response body will be passed
createType1Message([workstation, target])
Creates a type 1 NTLM message to initialize the NTLM handshake
- Arguments
workstation
Optional. Ifundefined
,os.hostname()
will be usedtarget
Optional. This is the domain/host we are trying to authenticate against.
- Returns
string
Complete NTLM string that should be sent to the server in theAuthentication
header
decodeType2Message(str)
Decodes a type 2 message received from the server including the NTLM challenge
- Arguments
str
Either the base64 encoded type 2 message, or the completeWWW-Authenticate
header, or an object containg the response headers (http.IncomingMessage
)
- Returns
type2Message
An object containing the following information about the received type 2 message:flags
,encoding
,version
,challenge
,targetName
,targetInfo
.
createType3Message(type2Message, username, password[, workstation, target])
Creates a type 3 message based on the type 2 message received from the server.
- Arguments
type2Message
The decoded type 2 message objectusername
password
workstation
Optional. If falsy,os.hostname()
will be usedtarget
Optional. If falsy, the target name from the type 2 message will be used. This is the domain/host we are trying to authenticate against.
- Returns
string
Complete NTLM string that should be sent to the server in theAuthentication
header