@memberjunction/credentials

Secure credential management engine for MemberJunction. Provides centralized storage, retrieval, validation, and audit logging of credentials with automatic field-level encryption and JSON Schema validation.

Overview

The @memberjunction/credentials package manages the full credential lifecycle: storing encrypted values, resolving credentials by name or ID, validating against JSON Schema constraints, and logging every access for audit compliance.

graph TD
    A["CredentialEngine<br/>(Singleton)"] --> B["Credential Types<br/>(Schema Definitions)"]
    A --> C["Credentials<br/>(Encrypted Values)"]
    A --> D["Credential Categories<br/>(Organization)"]
    A --> E["Audit Log<br/>(Access Tracking)"]
    A --> F["Ajv Validator<br/>(JSON Schema)"]

    G["Consumer Code"] --> A
    G -->|"getCredential()"| H["ResolvedCredential<T>"]
    G -->|"storeCredential()"| C
    G -->|"validateCredential()"| I["ValidationResult"]

    style A fill:#2d6a9f,stroke:#1a4971,color:#fff
    style B fill:#7c5295,stroke:#563a6b,color:#fff
    style C fill:#2d8659,stroke:#1a5c3a,color:#fff
    style D fill:#b8762f,stroke:#8a5722,color:#fff
    style E fill:#b8762f,stroke:#8a5722,color:#fff
    style F fill:#7c5295,stroke:#563a6b,color:#fff
    style H fill:#2d8659,stroke:#1a5c3a,color:#fff
    style I fill:#2d8659,stroke:#1a5c3a,color:#fff

Installation

npm install @memberjunction/credentials

Quick Start

import { CredentialEngine, APIKeyCredentialValues } from '@memberjunction/credentials';

// Initialize at application startup
await CredentialEngine.Instance.Config(false, contextUser);

// Retrieve a credential with typed values
const cred = await CredentialEngine.Instance.getCredential<APIKeyCredentialValues>(
  'OpenAI',
  { contextUser, subsystem: 'AIService' }
);

// Use the decrypted values
console.log(cred.values.apiKey); // Strongly typed as string

Credential Resolution

flowchart TD
    A["getCredential(name, options)"] --> B{directValues<br/>provided?}
    B -->|Yes| C["Return direct values<br/>source: request"]
    B -->|No| D{credentialId<br/>provided?}
    D -->|Yes| E["Lookup by ID"]
    D -->|No| F["Lookup by name"]
    E --> G["Parse & return values<br/>source: database"]
    F --> G
    G --> H["Log access to Audit Log"]
    H --> I["Update LastUsedAt"]

    style A fill:#2d6a9f,stroke:#1a4971,color:#fff
    style C fill:#2d8659,stroke:#1a5c3a,color:#fff
    style G fill:#2d8659,stroke:#1a5c3a,color:#fff
    style H fill:#b8762f,stroke:#8a5722,color:#fff

Resolution priority:

1. Direct values -- directValues in options (bypasses database, useful for testing)
2. By ID -- credentialId in options (specific credential lookup)
3. By name -- The credentialName parameter (most common usage)

Pre-defined Credential Types

Storing Credentials

const credential = await CredentialEngine.Instance.storeCredential(
  'API Key',                    // Credential type name
  'OpenAI Production',          // Credential name
  { apiKey: 'sk-...' },         // Values (encrypted on save)
  {
    isDefault: true,
    description: 'Production OpenAI API key',
    expiresAt: new Date('2025-12-31')
  },
  contextUser
);

JSON Schema Validation

The engine validates credential values against the FieldSchema defined on each Credential Type using Ajv. Supported constraints include required, const, enum, format, pattern, minLength/maxLength, and minimum/maximum.

Default and const values are auto-populated before validation, and validation errors produce clear, human-readable messages.

Audit Logging

Every credential operation (Decrypt, Create, Update, Validate) is logged to the Audit Logs entity with:

• User who performed the operation
• Subsystem that requested access
• Success or failure status
• Duration in milliseconds

Security

• Encryption at rest -- The Values field uses MJ field-level encryption
• Audit trail -- All access logged including failed attempts
• Access control -- Entity-level permissions enforced via contextUser
• Expiration support -- ExpiresAt field enforces credential rotation

Dependencies

License

ISC