Simple OpenSSL for Javascript

Execute OpenSSL commands directly from JavaScript.

Provides a simple, cross-platform interface for cryptographic operations, certificate management, and security tasks.

Usage:

import { runCommandSync } from 'simple-open-ssl';

const standardOutput = runCommandSync(`x509 -in certificate.pem -enddate -noout`);

Windows:

Uses the included packaged version

OpenSSL 3.2.3 3 Sep 2024 (Library: OpenSSL 3.2.3 3 Sep 2024)

Linux/Other:

Uses the local version of OpenSSl that is already installed

manual install required if its not
Debian: sudo apt install openssl
RHEL:   sudo yum install openssl
MacOS:  brew install openssl

Exports

`runCommandSync`

Executes an OpenSSL command synchronously.

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/**
 * Executes an OpenSSL command synchronously.
 *
 * @description
 * This function runs OpenSSL commands with platform-specific handling:
 * - On Windows, it uses the packaged version of OpenSSL
 * - On other platforms (e.g., Linux, macOS), it uses the locally installed OpenSSL
 *
 * @param {string} opensslCommand - The OpenSSL command to be executed, including any arguments.
 * @param {Object} [execOptions] - Optional execution options for the synchronous command, Defaults to UTF-8 encoding if not provided.
 * @param {string} [execOptions.encoding='utf-8'] - The encoding to use for command output.
 * @param {string} [execOptions.cwd] - Current working directory for the command execution.
 * @param {Object} [execOptions.env] - Environment variables for the command.
 * 
 * @returns {string|undefined} The standard output from the executed command, or `undefined` if the command execution fails.
 */
export function runCommandSync(opensslCommand, execOptions = { encoding: 'utf-8' }) { /* */ }

Package detail

simple-open-ssl

readme