1. /**
  2. * Normalizes authentication tokens for debugging and error logging.
  3. *
  4. * @param {string} token The authentication token to normalize.
  5. * @returns {object} An object containing the normalized token and any errors encountered.
  6. */
  7. function normalizeToken(token) {
  8. const normalizedToken = {
  9. original: token,
  10. normalized: null,
  11. errors: [],
  12. };
  14. try {
  15. // Basic validation: check if the token is a string.
  16. if (typeof token !== 'string') {
  17. normalizedToken.errors.push("Token must be a string.");
  18. return normalizedToken;
  19. }
  21. //Attempt to decode the token
  22. const decoded = JSON.parse(token);
  25. // Check if the decoded object has expected properties.
  26. if (typeof decoded !== 'object' || decoded === null) {
  27. normalizedToken.errors.push("Invalid token format: Expected a JSON object.");
  28. return normalizedToken;
  29. }
  31. // Add some common debugging properties.
  32. normalizedToken.normalized = {
  33. original: token,
  34. decoded: decoded,
  35. };
  36. } catch (error) {
  37. normalizedToken.errors.push(`Error decoding token: ${error.message}`);
  38. }
  40. return normalizedToken;
  41. }

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