pwned-api

Unofficial javascript client for HaveIBeenPwned API

Installation

You can use it as a nodejs module:

npm install --save pwned-api

Or also install it globally and use it as cli tool:

npm install --global pwned-api

Usage

Load the pwned-api module into your script than init the class to use its methods. It accept a callback but also return a promise so you can use it also with async.

const Pwned = require('pwned-api');
const pwner = new Pwned();

pwner.breaches({}, (err, results) => {
  console.log('Results:', results);
});

Using new await/async functionalities:

import Pwned from 'pwned-api'
const pwner = new Pwned();

(async () => {
  const res = await pwner.breaches();
  // Do whatever you need to do
})()

The pwner constructor takes two arguments, so you can customize the requests beheviour:

const pwner = new Pwned({
  timeout: 2500,
  headers: {
    'User-Agent': 'My App'
  }
});

Methods

breaches

List all the available breaches

pwner.breaches({}, (err, results) => {
  console.log('Results:', results);
});

breachedAccount

Return a list of all breaches a particular account has been involved in.

pwner.breachedAccount('[email protected]', {}, (err, results) => {
  console.log('Results:', results);
});

breach

Return single breach retrieved by the breach "name".

pwner.breach('AshleyMadison', (err, results) => {
  console.log('Results:', results);
});

dataClasses

Return all the data classes in the system.

pwner.dataClasses((err, results) => {
  console.log('Results:', results);
});

pasteAccount

Return all pastes for an account, takes a single parameter which is the email address to be searched for.

pwner.pasteAccount('[email protected]', (err, results) => {
  console.log('Results:', results);
});

pwnedPassword

Check if a password been exposed in data breaches and exists on HIBP database.

pwner.pwnedPassword('admin1234', {}, (err) => {
  console.log('Error;', err );
});

For details in depth about the API please consult the official HaveIBeenPwned page.

License

MIT © b4dnewz