iron-python

Use iron-encrypted messages across projects.

The purpose of this project is to allow decryption of an iron-encapsulated token, which was created with node.js, using Python.

The original implementation @hapi/iron provides a way to deal with encapsulated tokens. As useful as it is, it's written only in JavaScript, and the alternative here presented is meant fo cross-language codebases.

Setting up the project

Clone the project, and move into its root directory.

git clone git@github.com:anagilda/iron-python.git
cd iron-python

Install a fresh new virtual environment, and activate it.
```
python3 -m venv ./venv
source venv/bin/activate
```
Install the necessary requirements.
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Running support scripts

Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed (download and install them, if not).

You can check the versions like so:
```
$ node --version
v12.22.3
```
```
$ npm --version
6.14.13
```
Install the npm dependencies:
```
cd scripts && npm install
```

Iron Seal

Seal the cookie by providing a new token value (as found in the tokens mongo collection), and the password for encryption:

node iron_seal.js password="thepasswordmustbeatleast32characters" token="token-to-encrypt"