From a15ba28c18b06feabfee97bee815a35b4d83465d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Hougaard <62331820+DanielHougaard@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 08:47:20 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update node guide to reflect new SDK --- docs/documentation/guides/node.mdx | 53 ++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/documentation/guides/node.mdx b/docs/documentation/guides/node.mdx index d182840b4..1e00aed99 100644 --- a/docs/documentation/guides/node.mdx +++ b/docs/documentation/guides/node.mdx @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ title: "Node" This guide demonstrates how to use Infisical to manage secrets for your Node stack from local development to production. It uses: - Infisical (you can use [Infisical Cloud](https://app.infisical.com) or a [self-hosted instance of Infisical](https://infisical.com/docs/self-hosting/overview)) to store your secrets. -- The [infisical-node](https://github.com/Infisical/infisical-node) client SDK to fetch secrets back to your Node application on demand. +- The [@infisical/sdk](https://github.com/Infisical/sdk/tree/main/languages/node) Node.js client SDK to fetch secrets back to your Node application on demand. ## Project Setup @@ -17,13 +17,11 @@ To begin, we need to set up a project in Infisical and add secrets to an environ 2. Add a secret to the development environment of this project so we can pull it back for local development. In the **Secrets Overview** page, press **Explore Development** and add a secret with the key `NAME` and value `YOUR_NAME`. -### Create an Infisical Token +### Create a Machine Identity -Now that we've created a project and added a secret to its development environment, we need to provision an Infisical Token that our Node application can use to access the secret. +Now that we've created a project and added a secret to its development environment, we need to configure an Infisical Machine Identity that our Node application can use to access the secret. -1. Head to the **Project Settings > Service Tokens** and press **Add New Token**. -2. Call the token anything like **My App Token** and select **Development** under **Environment**. -3. Copy the token and keep it handy. +- [How to setup machine identities](/documentation/platform/identities/overview) ## Create a Node app @@ -41,27 +39,43 @@ npm init -y Install `express` and [infisical-node](https://github.com/Infisical/infisical-node), the client Node SDK for Infisical. ```console -npm install express infisical-node +npm install express @infisical/sdk ``` Finally, create an index.js file containing the application code. ```js -const express = require("express"); +const express = require('express'); +const { InfisicalClient, LogLevel } = require("@infisical/sdk"); + const app = express(); + const PORT = 3000; const client = new InfisicalClient({ - token: "YOUR_INFISICAL_TOKEN" + clientId: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID", + clientSecret: "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET", + logLevel: LogLevel.Error }); app.get("/", async (req, res) => { - const name = (await client.getSecret("NAME")).secretValue; - res.send(`Hello, ${name}!`); + // access value + + const name = await client.getSecret({ + environment: "dev", + projectId: "PROJECT_ID", + path: "/", + type: "shared", + secretName: "NAME" + }); + + res.send(`Hello! My name is: ${name.secretValue}`); }); -app.listen(PORT, () => { - console.log(`Example app listening on port ${PORT}`); +app.listen(PORT, async () => { + // initialize client + + console.log(`App listening on port ${port}`); }); ``` @@ -82,13 +96,6 @@ At this stage, you know how to fetch secrets from Infisical back to your Node ap ## FAQ - - No. Infisical uses end-to-end encryption which ensures that secrets are always encrypted in transit - and decrypted on the client side. In fact, not even the server can decrypt your secrets (unless - that permission is explicitly granted from within the platform). - - Check out the [security guide](/security/overview). - The client SDK caches every secret and implements a 5-minute waiting period before re-requesting it. The waiting period can be controlled by setting the `cacheTTL` parameter at @@ -98,10 +105,6 @@ At this stage, you know how to fetch secrets from Infisical back to your Node ap The SDK caches every secret and falls back to the cached value if a request fails. If no cached value ever-existed, the SDK falls back to whatever value is on `process.env`. - - Yes. If no `token` parameter is passed in at the time of initializing the client or nothing is found when requesting for a secret, - then the SDK falls back to whatever value is on `process.env`. - The token enables the SDK to authenticate with Infisical to fetch back your secrets. Although the SDK requires you to pass in a token, it enables greater efficiency and security @@ -118,4 +121,4 @@ At this stage, you know how to fetch secrets from Infisical back to your Node ap See also: -- Explore the [Node SDK](https://github.com/Infisical/infisical-node) +- Explore the [Node SDK](https://github.com/Infisical/sdk/tree/main/languages/node)