Function createAPIKey

web_server/routes/admin.js:40–44

* Generates a random string of hex characters that is len characters long. * It will have the security of a len/2 password * * @param {Number} len The length of the API key to generate. * @return {String} A string representing len # of random bytes.

(len)

 * @return {String} A string representing len # of random bytes.
 */
function createAPIKey(len) {
    return crypto.randomBytes(Math.ceil(len / 2))
        .toString('hex') // convert to hexadecimal format
        .slice(0, len); // return required number of characters
}

/**
 * Validates the user identified in the request session is an admin.