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import * as NodeCache from 'node-cache';
import { IAuthentication } from './types/Authentication';
/**
* this is just a simple abstraction to provide
* an application layer for caching credentials
*/
export class Authentication implements IAuthentication {
cache = new NodeCache();
constructor(private authenticator: IAuthentication) {}
async authenticate(username: string, password: string): Promise<boolean> {
const cacheKey = `usr:${username}|pwd:${password}`;
const fromCache = this.cache.get(cacheKey) as undefined | boolean;
if (fromCache !== undefined) {
return fromCache;
}
const authResult = await this.authenticator.authenticate(username, password);
this.cache.set(cacheKey, authResult, 86400); // cache for one day
return authResult;
}
}