@mark01/express-utils/lib/core/rfc7617.js

npm package that contains utilities for express.js

export const createBasicAuth = (username, password) => {
    const credentials = `${username}:${password}`;
    const encoded = Buffer.from(credentials).toString('base64');
    return `Basic ${encoded}`;
};
export const parseBasicAuth = (auth) => {
    const [, credentials] = auth.split('Basic ');
    if (!credentials) {
        throw new TypeError('parseBasicAuth: Invalid Basic authentication scheme!');
    }
    const decoded = Buffer.from(credentials, 'base64').toString('utf-8');
    const separator = decoded.indexOf(':');
    if (separator === -1) {
        throw new TypeError('parseBasicAuth: Invalid Basic authentication scheme!');
    }
    const username = decoded.slice(0, separator);
    const password = decoded.slice(separator + 1);
    return { username, password };
};