sandbox.js

This is a module that allows for executing functions within a sandbox in Node.js. It provides a runInSandbox function that takes a function as argument, as well as an optional context and an optional module whitelist. If the context contains a require property and a whitelist is specified, the require property will be replaced by a "secure" require function before the specified function is executed in the sandbox. The "secure" require function is a wrapper around the default require function provided by Node.js, and does nothing more than either loading a module or throwing an error, based on the whitelist. If no whitelist is specified, we default to an empty whitelist.

Usage

    const sandbox = require('sandbox.js'),
          context = {require: require},
          theAnswerFun = function() { return 42; },
          consoleFun = function() { require('console').log('Hello World!'); },
          httpFun = function() { return require('http').STATUS_CODES['200']; };
 
    sandbox.runInSandbox(theAnswerFun); // => 42
 
    sandbox.runInSandbox(consoleFun); // => ReferenceError: require is not defined
    sandbox.runInSandbox(consoleFun, context); // => Error: 'console' is not whitelisted
    sandbox.runInSandbox(consoleFun, context, ['http']); // => Error: 'console' is not whitelisted
    sandbox.runInSandbox(consoleFun, context, ['console']); // => Hello World!
 
    sandbox.runInSandbox(httpFun); // => ReferenceError: require is not defined
    sandbox.runInSandbox(httpFun, context); // => Error: 'http' is not whitelisted
    sandbox.runInSandbox(httpFun, context, ['console']); // => Error: 'http' is not whitelisted
    sandbox.runInSandbox(httpFun, context, ['http']);  // => 'OK'

LICENSE

Copyright 2016 Klaus Trainer

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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