Laravel Node Encryption

🔐 Bidirectional encryption between Laravel (PHP) and Node.js

Share encrypted data seamlessly between your Laravel backend and Node.js services. Encrypt in Laravel, decrypt in Node.js - or vice versa!

Why This Package?

Perfect for microservices, APIs, and hybrid applications where you need to:

• 🔄 Share encrypted data between Laravel and Node.js applications
• 🔒 Encrypt in Laravel, decrypt in Node.js (and vice versa!)
• 🚀 Build microservices that share encrypted tokens, sessions, or sensitive data
• 🛡️ Maintain security across different technology stacks

Features

• ✅ Fully bidirectional - Encrypt/decrypt in both directions
• ✅ 100% Laravel compatible (8.x - 12.x)
• ✅ Zero configuration - Auto-detects APP_KEY
• ✅ Production ready - Battle-tested AES-256-CBC with HMAC-SHA256
• ✅ No dependencies - Lightweight with optional php-serialize

Installation

npm install laravel-node-encryption

Quick Start

const { LaravelEncrypter } = require('laravel-node-encryption');

// Automatically uses process.env.APP_KEY
const encrypter = new LaravelEncrypter();

// Encrypt data
const encrypted = encrypter.encrypt('Hello Laravel!');

// Decrypt data from Laravel
const decrypted = encrypter.decrypt(laravelEncryptedString);

API

new LaravelEncrypter(key?, cipher?)

• key - Encryption key (defaults to process.env.APP_KEY)
• cipher - Cipher method (default: 'aes-256-cbc')

Methods

• encrypt(value) - Encrypts any value
• decrypt(payload) - Decrypts Laravel-encrypted payload
• encryptString(value) - Encrypts string without serialization
• decryptString(payload) - Decrypts string without deserialization

Bidirectional Encryption Examples

🔄 Laravel → Node.js

// Laravel: Encrypt data
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;

$userData = ['id' => 1, 'email' => 'user@example.com'];
$encrypted = Crypt::encrypt($userData);

// Send $encrypted to Node.js service...

// Node.js: Decrypt data from Laravel
const { LaravelEncrypter } = require('laravel-node-encryption');
const encrypter = new LaravelEncrypter();

const userData = encrypter.decrypt(encryptedFromLaravel);
console.log(userData); // { id: 1, email: 'user@example.com' }

🔄 Node.js → Laravel

// Node.js: Encrypt data
const encrypter = new LaravelEncrypter();
const token = { userId: 1, expires: '2024-12-31' };
const encrypted = encrypter.encrypt(token);

// Send encrypted to Laravel...

// Laravel: Decrypt data from Node.js
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;

$token = Crypt::decrypt($encryptedFromNode);
// $token = ['userId' => 1, 'expires' => '2024-12-31']

Environment Setup

Set your Laravel APP_KEY in environment:

APP_KEY='base64:your-app-key-here' node app.js

Or in .env:

APP_KEY=base64:your-app-key-here

Real-World Use Cases

🔐 Secure API Tokens

Share authentication tokens between Laravel API and Node.js microservices:

// Node.js: Create encrypted token
const token = encrypter.encrypt({ userId: 123, scope: 'api' });
// Laravel can decrypt and validate this token

🍪 Cross-Platform Sessions

Share session data between Laravel web app and Node.js real-time service:

// Laravel: Encrypt session
$sessionData = Crypt::encrypt(session()->all());
// Node.js WebSocket server can decrypt and use session

📧 Queue Messages

Encrypt sensitive job payloads between Laravel and Node.js workers:

// Node.js: Encrypt job payload
const job = encrypter.encrypt({ email: 'user@example.com', action: 'welcome' });
// Laravel queue worker decrypts and processes

Advanced Usage

With explicit key

const encrypter = new LaravelEncrypter('base64:your-key-here');

Express.js middleware

app.post('/decrypt', (req, res) => {
    try {
        const decrypted = encrypter.decrypt(req.body.encrypted);
        res.json({ data: decrypted });
    } catch (error) {
        res.status(400).json({ error: 'Invalid encrypted data' });
    }
});

Compatibility

Laravel	Node.js	PHP	Status
12.x	18+	8.3+	✅
11.x	18+	8.2+	✅
10.x	16+	8.1+	✅
9.x	14+	8.0+	✅
8.x	14+	7.3+	✅

License

MIT © René Roscher