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The Data Theorem API Protect NodeJS SDK is a NodeJS library that provides protection for APIs written in Javascript. The SDK integrates with your NodeJS API using the API Protect middleware which supports most popular NodeJS frameworks, including:
To Protect an API, all the API developer needs to do is add the API Protect middleware to their web application code set the client Id we provide
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const express = require('express');
const apiprotect = require('apiprotect');
const app = express();
// Register body parsing middlware then APIProtect middlware
app.use(express.json());
app.use(apiprotect.default()); // ClientId read from ENV: `DT_API_PROTECT_CLIENT_ID` |
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For each API you protect Data Theorem provides a unique identifier which authenticates the SDK when it communicates with our services. The client id we provide can be set in two way, either via an environment variable DT_API_PROTECT_CLIENT_ID or by passing it directly to the middleware.
The client id is in a file named client_id in the sdk bundle you downloaded.
Example setting the client id via ENV Var
> source ./client_id && npm run
Setting the environment variable is the preferred way, but if you need to pass it to the middleware, here is how to do that:
Example passing
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clientId to Express middleware
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const express = require('express');
const apiprotect = require('apiprotect');
const settings = require('settings')l
const app = express();
// Register body parsing middlware then APIProtect middlware
app.use(express.json());
app.use(apiprotect.default(settings.clientId)); // ClientId passed as param |
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