Truepic Webhook Verifier for Node.js

Verify webhooks from Truepic Vision or Lens in your Node.js app

This module verifies

• the integrity of the data being received,
• the authenticity of the sender (Truepic),
• the authenticity of the receiver (you), and
• the time between the request being sent and received to prevent replay attacks.

If you're not using Node.js, this also serves as a reference implementation with thorough documentation to make the translation into another language as painless as possible.

Installation

npm install @truepic/webhook-verifier

Usage

The @truepic/webhook-verifier module exports a default function that should be imported to begin:

import verifyTruepicWebhook from '@truepic/webhook-verifier'

CommonJS is also supported:

const verifyTruepicWebhook = require('@truepic/webhook-verifier')

This verifyTruepicWebhook function (or whatever you imported it as) is then called with the following arguments:

verifyTruepicWebhook({
  url: 'The full URL that received the request and is registered with Truepic.',
  secret: "The shared secret that's registered with Truepic.",
  header: 'The value of the `truepic-signature` header from the request.',
  body: 'The raw body (unparsed JSON) from the request.',
  leewayMinutes:
    'The number of minutes allowed between the request being sent and received. Defaults to `5`.',
})

A boolean true is returned if the webhook is verified in all of the ways described above. Otherwise, if anything fails to check out, a TruepicWebhookVerifierError is thrown with a message describing why (as much as possible).

You should place this function call at the beginning of your webhook route handler. Exactly how this is done depends on the web framework that you're using. Below are a few examples for popular web frameworks that should be easy to adapt if you're using a different one.

Example: Express.js

import verifyTruepicWebhook from '@truepic/webhook-verifier'
import express from 'express'
import { env } from 'node:process'

const app = express()

app.post(
  '/truepic/webhook',
  // This is important! We need the raw request body for `verifyTruepicWebhook`.
  express.raw({
    type: 'application/json',
  }),
  (req, res, next) => {
    try {
      verifyTruepicWebhook({
        url: env.TRUEPIC_WEBHOOK_URL,
        secret: env.TRUEPIC_WEBHOOK_SECRET,
        header: req.header('truepic-signature'),
        body: req.body.toString(),
      })
    } catch (error) {
      // The request cannot be verified. We're simply logging a warning here,
      // but you can handle however makes sense.
      console.warn(error)

      // Return OK so a (potential) bad actor doesn't gain any insight.
      return res.sendStatus(200)
    }

    // Process the webhook now that it's verified...

    res.sendStatus(200)
  },
)

// The rest of your app...

Example: Fastify

npm install fastify-raw-body

import verifyTruepicWebhook from '@truepic/webhook-verifier'
import Fastify from 'fastify'
import { env } from 'node:process'

const app = Fastify({
  logger: true,
})

// This is important! We need the raw request body for `verifyTruepicWebhook`.
await app.register(import('fastify-raw-body'))

app.post('/truepic/webhook', async (request) => {
  try {
    verifyTruepicWebhook({
      url: env.TRUEPIC_WEBHOOK_URL,
      secret: env.TRUEPIC_WEBHOOK_SECRET,
      header: request.headers['truepic-signature'],
      body: request.rawBody,
    })
  } catch (error) {
    // The request cannot be verified. We're simply logging a warning here,
    // but you can handle however makes sense.
    request.log.warn(error)

    // Return OK so a (potential) bad actor doesn't gain any insight.
    return {}
  }

  // Process the webhook now that it's verified...

  return {}
})

// The rest of your app...

Development

Prerequisites

The only prerequisite is a compatible version of Node.js (see engines.node in package.json).

Dependencies

Install dependencies with npm:

npm install

Tests

The built-in Node.js test runner and assertions module is used for testing.

To run the tests:

npm test

During development, it's recommended to run the tests automatically on file change:

npm test -- --watch

Docs

JSDoc is used to document the code.

To generate the docs as HTML to the (git-ignored) docs directory:

npm run docs

Code Style & Linting

Prettier is setup to enforce a consistent code style. It's highly recommended to add an integration to your editor that automatically formats on save.

ESLint is setup with the "recommended" rules to enforce a level of code quality. It's also highly recommended to add an integration to your editor that automatically formats on save.

To run via the command line:

npm run lint

Releasing

When the development branch is ready for release, Release It! is used to orchestrate the release process:

npm run release

Once the release process is complete, merge the development branch into the main branch, which should always reflect the latest release.