Natrium

libsodium node.js bindings

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Install

npm i --save natrium

Requirements

• Build tools
  • GNU C++
  • Make
  • Node.js/io.js v3.0.0 or newer
  • Npm 3.2.2 or newer
• Libraries
  • V8
  • Sodium

Building the native module tested only on Linux

Usage

Import / Require

import natrium from 'natrium';
// OR
var natrium = require('natrium').default;

Await the promises!!

The examples below demonstrate the usage with promises. With ecmascript 7, you can await the promises to get the result as in synchronous code. This works for all the code below. To use the await keyword, it must be contained inside an async function.

// Generate a random buffer
let random = await natrium.random(16);
console.log(random);
// <Buffer fa 17 e8 b5 bb e5 72 6b 9d 41 ec 3a 91 97 07 f4>

Random buffers

// Generate a random buffer
natrium.random(16).then(console.log);
// <Buffer fa 17 e8 b5 bb e5 72 6b 9d 41 ec 3a 91 97 07 f4>

// Generate a random buffer with the correct size for a signature seed
natrium.random_seed().then(console.log);
// <Buffer dc 0e 74 90 54 43 10 55 ea 21 96 6c a5 9b 16 59 71 e5 77 e2 ca 04 02 af 05 ed 98 93 29 32 d2 a1>

Encrypt & Decrypt

natrium.box_keypair().then(function (alice) {
    return natrium.box_keypair().then(function (bob) {
        // This generates a shared key, which is the exact same both ways
        // alice.secret, bob.public === bob.secret, alice.public
        return natrium.box_key(alice.secret, bob.public).then(function (key) {
            // DO NOT ever transport the key
            // DO transport alice.public and bob.public

            let message = new Buffer('Drop me from the space!');
            console.log(message);
            // <Buffer 44 72 6f 70 20 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 21>

            return natrium.encrypt(key, message).then(function (encrypted) {
                console.log(encrypted);
				// <Buffer 79 17 df 17 fb b0 79 12 e2 55 3a c7 19 85 f7 42 f0 45 a7 6b 3f 9e c3 8f 6d 01 31 1c ea 8c 7f 11 49 8b 01 d9 1f 7b 21 56 3b 13 a4 80 10 2b 35 29 ef bf ... >

                return natrium.decrypt(key, encrypted).then(function (decrypted) {
                    console.log(decrypted);
                    // <Buffer 44 72 6f 70 20 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 21>
                });
            });
        });
    });
});

Secret key // Encrypt & Decrypt

natrium.secretbox_key().then(function (key) {
	let message = new Buffer('Drop me from the space!');
	console.log(message);
	// <Buffer 44 72 6f 70 20 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 21>

	return natrium.secretbox_encrypt(key, message).then(function (encrypted) {
		console.log(encrypted);
		// <Buffer 03 7d 3f d6 27 cc f2 77 4f cf fe 9c 37 0b 84 cd e6 b9 3a f4 5d 85 f4 bf d9 d4 81 ae d2 1f 84 88 5b 78 fd 7a 6d 89 5c d4 4c fd 70 7d 8c ec a5 26 29 d6 ... >

		return natrium.secretbox_decrypt(key, encrypted).then(function (decrypted) {
			console.log(decrypted);
			// <Buffer 44 72 6f 70 20 6d 65 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 65 21>
		});
	});
});

Sign & Verify

natrium.new_sign_keypair().then(function (key) {
    // NOTICE key.seed can be saved and later passed
    // to natrium.sign_keypair(key.seed) to generate
    // the exact same key pair.

    let message = new Buffer('I\'m the ROOT... trust me.');
    console.log(message);
    // <Buffer 49 27 6d 20 74 68 65 20 52 4f 4f 54 2e 2e 2e 20 74 72 75 73 74 20 6d 65 2e>

    return natrium.sign(key.secret, message).then(function (signature) {
        console.log(signature);
        // <Buffer 66 5a e8 dc 25 90 e6 ba 3a 75 2e 7a d9 8f 80 8f d1 dd 3a f1 b3 fb 20 90 13 82 3a a8 74 47 aa 20 d5 77 f8 4b 83 5f 15 cc 5f fc 20 66 af ea 11 c5 1f c3 ... >

        return natrium.verify(key.public, signature, message).then(function() {
            // Success! Message verified
            // On fail the error is handled in Promise's catch(), not here
        });
    });
});