Usurper

Usurp a user identity by checking a header presence

Usage

Install it

npm i usurper
#OR
yarn add usurper

Expected pattern

Usurper will expect this pattern :

{
  "Authorization": "usurp=anyone@anything.watev"
}

Use it

const Usurper = require('usurper')

//Optionnaly configure it
Usurper.configure(options)

const [success, identity] = Usurper.usurp(ctx.request.headers.authorization)
const user = sucess && await findUser(identity) // do anything you want with usurped user Id

Options

name	description	default
disabled	turn off usurper	process.env.USURPER_DISABLED === 'true' || process.env.SLS_STAGE === 'dev' || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'dev'
verbose	Log in console usurped identity	false