Function generateKey

common/models/application.js:16–25

(hmacKey, algorithm, encoding)

const crypto = require('crypto');

function generateKey(hmacKey, algorithm, encoding) {
  hmacKey = hmacKey || 'loopback';
  algorithm = algorithm || 'sha1';
  encoding = encoding || 'hex';
  const hmac = crypto.createHmac(algorithm, hmacKey);
  const buf = crypto.randomBytes(32);
  hmac.update(buf);
  const key = hmac.digest(encoding);
  return key;
}

/**
 * Manage client applications and organize their users.