TwoFactor Node.js SDK

Introduction

Pretty much what the title says: a wrapper around the 2Factor API.

Installation

Installation is very simple and with just a:

npm install --save @twofactor/sdk

you are pretty much done.

However, if you are using Node.js version 7.0.0 or below, you might should also install the babel package to help the library automatically bootstrap everything and make it ready for use. You can do this by running:

npm i babel-core babel-polyfill babel-preset-es2015 babel-preset-stage-0 babel-register

You may get a warning about the now-deprecated preset-es2015 and preset-stage-0 package, but do not worry, this will not cause any error.

The library has inbuilt logic for intelligently checking if ES6 features are supported in your current Node.js runtime. If the are, it simply exports the primary API Object; otherwise, it uses babel-register to bootstrap everything so you face absolutely no issues when using the library in production.

Getting Started

Since this library is nothing but a wrapper around the official TwoFactor API, I strongly recommend you to check out their official documentation before diving into this library.

Library Design

The library has been designed and developed keeping modularity in mind. For that reason, you can either require the entire library or the bits and pieces you need by object destructuring or by using the dot property syntax.

As of now, the library only supports Promises; however, in the near future, it will also support callbacks.

Usage

In order to use the library, you first need to get hold of the TwoFactor constructor or whatever specific resource you require. For the course of this example, I will assume that you use the entire package.

const { TwoFactor } = require( '@twofactor/sdk' );

With the constructor in hand, you can how initialize a new instance of the class:

const apiObject = new TwoFactor( 'Your API Key' );

and now you have access to all the resources.

Namespacing

All of the resources currently supported by 2Factor are available as a part of the SDK. You can access them using the following general namespace syntax:

{apiObject}.{resourceName}.{method}({resourceId, {...parameters}}?)

The {resourceId}? syntax means that you can either pass an object containing the properties, but for functions which operate on one primary parameter (such as sending an OTP), you can simply pass in a String as the first argument and get away with it.

For example:

apiObject.OTP.sendOtp( 'Phone Number' );

is equivalent to:

apiObject.OTP.sendOtp( { phoneNumber: 'Phone Number' } );

Resources

As of now, only the following resources are supported:

• OTP

  • Sending an OTP
    • Voice
    • SMS
  • Validating a OTP

• Transactional SMS

  • Sending a Message
    • Open Template
    • Dynamic Template
  • Checking the Balance

OTP

Gives you access to the sending and validation mechanisms for One-Time Passwords.

Basic Usage

apiObject.OTP.sendOtp( 'Phone Number' )
    .then( console.log )
    .catch( console.error );

Functions

The following functions are supported.

sendOtp

Send an OTP to the specified phone number.

General Syntax

.sendOtp( parameters: { String | Object } )

parameters

If the parameters object is passed as a String, the library assumes that it's a phone number and sends an automatically generated OTP.

As an object, it can have the following properties:

• phoneNumber

  Type: String, required

• deliveryType

  Type: Constant

  Can be one of OTP.DeliveryTypes.

• otpType

  Type: Constant

  Can be one of OTP.OtpTypes.

• otp

  Type: String

  Required when otpType is OtpTypes.custom

• template

  Type: String

  You can specify the name of the template with this parameter. Remember, this will only work when deliveryType is DeliveryTypes.SMS.

Return Value

A promise, which when resolved, gives the Session ID.

verifyOtp

Verify the given OTP against a session ID.

General Syntax

.verifyOtp( parameters: { Object } )

parameters

The parameters object is required and it can have the following properties:

• otp

  Type: String, required

  This otp refers to the one entered by the user.

• sessionId

  Type: String, required

• deliveryType

  Type: Constant

  Can be one of [OTP.DeliveryTypes](#constants__OTP-

Return Value

A promise, which when resolved, signifies that the OTP matched; rejects otherwise.

Transactional

Helps you send transactional messages based on dynamic or open templates.

Basic Usage

apiObject.Transactional.sendMessage( {
    to: 'XXXXXXXXX',
    from: 'Your Short Code',
    templateName: 'Template Name',
    var1: 'Variable 1'
} ).then( console.log ).catch( console.error );

Functions

The following functions are supported.

getBalance

Gets the balance for the account.

General Syntax

.getBalance()

Return Value

A promise, which when resolves, gives the amount of credits left.

sendMessage

Send a message to the specified phone number(s).

General Syntax

.sendMessage( parameters: { Object } )

parameters

The parameters object can have the following properties:

• from

  Type: String, required

• to

  Type: String or Array, required

• templateName

  Type: String

  Required when templateType is Transactional.TemplateTypes.dynamic.

• templateType

  Type: Constance

  Can be one of Transactional.TemplateTypes

• message

  Type: String

  Required when templateType is Transactional.TemplateTypes.open.

Return Value

A promise, which when resolved, gives the Session ID.

Global Constants

The initialized object also contains some handy constants to make the code a little more cleaner. They are as follows.

OTP.DeliveryTypes

Specifies the way the OTP will be delivered. It can be .sms or .voice.

OTP.OtpTypes

Specifies if the OTP should be generated automatically or if it should use a user-defined value. It can be .custom or .auto.

Transactional.TemplateTypes

Specifies the type of the template you are using for sending a transactional message. It can be .open or .dynamic.

Remember, for the open template type, you need to sign up and complete the legal formality with 2Factor as mentioned here in accordance with the rules set by TRAI.

Contributions

Any and everyone is welcome to hack the library and produce something better! Simply fork the repository, install the dependencies and start writing your features.

However, to make everyone's life a little easier, I would suggest the following:

• git-flow workflow is highly recommended; clone the repository, pull the current develop branch and start a new feature by git flow feature start <featureName>.
• Once you are done with your feature and you are satisfied with the test cases, commit all the changes and just quickly glance through the codebase (the part you changed; this is just done to make sure that the repository does not contain commits which change a space, etc.)
• Whoever uses git-flow has the habit of merging the code back with develop by running git flow feature finish <featureName>. Please do not do this. Instead, create a pull request with your feature/featureName branch.
• In the pull request, be sure to quickly outline what all you have modified. In case there are breaking changes, do not forget to mention that in the pull request's descriptions.