p2p-auth

p2p-auth is a Node.js library providing secure user authentication and key management functionalities. It leverages cryptographic techniques for seed generation and encryption, based on the principles of BIP32 (Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets) and BIP39 (Mnemonic Code for Generating Deterministic Keys).

By default, users are stored in the ".p2p-auth" directory located in the user's OS home directory. You can change the location like this:

const auth = require('p2p-auth')
auth.setConfig('usersLocation', './test-users')
auth.loadConfigs()

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Features

v2.0.0 uses sodium instead of @bitcoinerlab/secp256k1, bip32 & bip39 packages. For example, mnemonic.js

• Create User: Generate and store user credentials locally with encryption, following BIP32 and BIP39 standards for seed generation and mnemonic phrase creation.
• Restore User: Restore user access from a mnemonic seed phrase, compatible with BIP39.
• Authenticate User: Validate user credentials and provide access to the encrypted seed

View how P2P flashcards used these features.

Examples

// Create user
// This stores the encrypted seed into the local directory.
const { mnemonic, keyPair, seed } = await createUser({ username, password });
console.log('You can restore the user using the seed phrase:', mnemonic);

// Restore user
// "seedPhrase" should be the "mnemonic" from the above.
// "username" and "password" are used to store the seed into the local directory similarly to when you "createUser".
await restoreUser({ seedPhrase, username, password });

// Auth user
// It tries to find the user based on the given username from the directory
// and decrypt the seed based on the given password.
const { keyPair, seed } = await authUser({ username, password });

// Create a new child key pair from master keys <= v2.0.0
const childKeyPair = generateChildKeyPair(seed, "m/0'/1/1");

// Create a new child key pair from master keys >= v2.0.0
const childKeyPair = generateChildKeyPair(seed, "<child_keypair_name>");

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CLI

You can import the authCLI function into your CLI application and call it using await authCLI() to provide an interactive authentication process. For example:

const startCLI = async () => {
    const { username, keyPair, seed } = await authCLI()

    program
        .command('something')
        .description('Do something with the authenticated user')
        .action(doSomething)
}

startCLI().catch(error => console.error(error))