http-signature-zcap-invoke (@digitalbazaar/http-signature-zcap-invoke)

A library for invoking Authorization Capabilities via HTTP signatures

Install

• Browsers and Node.js 14+ are supported.
• Web Crypto API required. Older browsers and Node.js 14 must use a polyfill.

To install from NPM:

npm install @digitalbazaar/http-signature-zcap-invoke

@digitalbazaar/http-signature-zcap-invoke ChangeLog

6.0.0 - 2022-06-07

Changed

• BREAKING: Convert to module (ESM).
• BREAKING: Require Node.js >=14.
• Update dependencies.
• Remove unused dependencies.
• Lint module.
• Use static browser detection.

5.0.3 - 2022-02-02

Fixed

• Fix typo in error message.

5.0.2 - 2022-01-30

Fixed

• Fix typo in error message.

5.0.1 - 2022-01-11

Changed

• Update dependencies.

5.0.0 - 2022-01-11

Changed

• BREAKING: Rename package to @digitalbazaar/http-signature-zcap-invoke.

4.0.2 - 2022-01-11

Fixed

• Fix usage of http-signature-header dep.

4.0.1 - 2022-01-11

Changed

• Updated http-signature-header dep.

4.0.0 - 2022-01-11

Changed

• BREAKING: Change default capability to use zcap root URN prefix instead of the url itself. Root zcaps must now be independent entities, an object cannot be its own root zcap.
• BREAKING: Require capabilityAction to be passed when signing an invocation.

Removed

• BREAKING: Remove built-in URL and Web crypto polyfills. If support is not available on a platform supported by your application, add appropriate polyfills to your application.

3.1.0 - 2021-11-26

Added

• Add details to the error message (url, method, action).

3.0.0 - 2021-03-02

Changed

• BREAKING: Use http-signature-header ^2.0.0.
• BREAKING: created and expires headers are now seconds since the epoch instead of ms since the epoch.

Added

• New optional parameters created & expires added to signCapabilityInvocation.
• BREAKING: created defaults to a unix time stamp representing time of call.
• BREAKING: expires defaults to a unix time stamp 10 minutes after created.

2.0.0 - 2020-12-07

Changed

• BREAKING: Drop support for node 10.
• Use @digitalbazaar/http-digest-header.

1.1.1 - 2020-02-10

Fixed

• Use gzip to compress the capability in the Capability-Invocation header.

1.1.0 - 2020-02-07

Added

• Implement embedded capabilities.

Changed

• Improve test coverage.
• Use isomorphic-webcrypto@2.3.4.

1.0.0 - 2019-08-02

0.1.0 - 2019-08-02

Added

• Add core files.

• See git history for changes previous to this release.