ramhiser/aws-hmac

Node.js utility to generate an AWS HMAC signature

aws-hmac

A small Node.js utility to generate an HMAC signature to authorize AWS API requests.

For more details about signing AWS requests, see the AWS docs.

Special thanks to Robert Kehoe for providing a clear example from which this utility is derived.

Installation

npm install aws-hmac --save

Usage

aws_access_id = "ramhiser"
aws_secret_key = "FLUFFY BUNNIES"

var aws_hmac = require("aws-hmac");
aws_signature = aws_hmac.generate_signature(aws_access_id, aws_secret_key);
console.log(aws_signature);

/*
{ Date: 'Sat, 02 Apr 2016 03:33:17 GMT',
  'X-Amzn-Authorization': 'AWS3-HTTPS
  AWSAccessKeyId=ramhiser,Algorithm=HMACSHA256,Signature=OIPTkauadMhOOTWJsoKcFMv7jAldNOz45pCDwYegmKI=' }
*/

Tests

npm test

License

The aws-hmac module is licensed under the MIT License and is freely available for commercial and non-commerical usage. Please consult the licensing terms in the LICENSE file for more details.

aws-hmac's Issues

No longer valid

This form of authentication using the x-amz-authorization header is no longer valid. This was part of a previous and now deprecated version of the AWS API (version 3). The new API (version 4) uses the 'authorization' header.

https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=780858&tstart=0

It would be great if there was a small node module to generate that header without requiring the whole aws-sdk module. If that, dear reader, is what you're looking for, you must look elsewhere.