revisit.link tokens

This is the token manager for the http://revisit.link project.

Usage

var RevisitToken = require('revisit-token');
var rt = new RevisitToken();

// Generate a new uuid token
t.generate(function (err, tk) {
  console.log(tk);
});

// Custom tokens with custom ttl
t.putToken('wooohoo', 56000, function (err, tk) {
  console.log(tk);
});

// Check if a token still exists
rt.getToken(token, function (err, tk) {
  if (err) {
    // Token has expired
    console.log(err);
  }
});

Api

RevisitToken([options])

Constructor with optional options object, which takes the following properties:

• db (string) Path to db. Defaults to './db-tokens'.
• ttl (number | string) TTL in milliseconds. Defaults to 24 hours.
• frequency (number | string) Interval in milliseconds how often the tokens should be checked. Defaults to 10 seconds.

.generate(cb)

Generates an uuid token with a ttl set to the value set in the constructor. Calls back with (err, token).

.putToken(token[, ttl], cb)

As generate() but enables storing custom tokens with a custom ttl. Calls back with (err, token).

• token (string) Token to store.
• ttl (number | string) Optional TTL in milliseconds. Defaults to the ttl value set in the constructor.

.getToken(token, cb)

Retrieves a token. Calls back with (err, token). If err is set the token has expired.

• token (string) Token to retrieve.

License

BSD