http-security-headers

Middy http-security-headers middleware

HTTP security headers middleware for the middy framework, the stylish Node.js middleware engine for AWS Lambda

Applies best practice security headers to responses. It's a simplified port of [HelmetJS](https://helmetjs.github.io/). See HelmetJS documentation for more details.

Applies best practice security headers to responses. It's a simplified port of HelmetJS. See HelmetJS documentation for more details.

Install

To install this middleware you can use NPM:

npm install --save @middy/http-security-headers

Options

• dnsPrefetchControl controls browser DNS prefetching
• expectCt for handling Certificate Transparency (Future Feature)
• frameguard to prevent clickjacking
• hidePoweredBy to remove the Server/X-Powered-By header
• hsts for HTTP Strict Transport Security
• ieNoOpen sets X-Download-Options for IE8+
• noSniff to keep clients from sniffing the MIME type
• referrerPolicy to hide the Referer header
• xssFilter adds some small XSS protections

Sample usage

const middy = require('@middy/core')
const httpSecurityHeaders = require('@middy/http-security-headers')

const handler = middy((event, context, cb) => {
  cb(null, {})
})

handler
  .use(httpSecurityHeaders())

Middy documentation and examples

For more documentation and examples, refers to the main Middy monorepo on GitHub or Middy official website.

Contributing

Everyone is very welcome to contribute to this repository. Feel free to raise issues or to submit Pull Requests.

License

Licensed under MIT License. Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Luciano Mammino and the Middy team.