/**
* Verifies the integrity of headers metadata for an experiment.
*
* @param {object} headers An object containing the headers metadata.
* @returns {string|null} A success message if headers are valid, or an error message if not. Returns null if headers is invalid.
*/
function verifyHeadersMetadata(headers) {
if (!headers || typeof headers !== 'object') {
return "Error: Headers metadata must be an object.";
}
if (typeof headers.timestamp !== 'number') {
return "Error: Timestamp must be a number.";
}
if (typeof headers.version !== 'string' || headers.version.trim() === "") {
return "Error: Version must be a non-empty string.";
}
if (typeof headers.experimentId !== 'string' || headers.experimentId.trim() === "") {
return "Error: Experiment ID must be a non-empty string.";
}
if (headers.signature !== generateSignature(headers)) {
return "Error: Signature does not match the headers metadata.";
}
return null; // Headers metadata is valid.
}
/**
* Generates a signature based on the headers metadata.
* @param {object} headers The headers metadata.
* @returns {string} The generated signature.
*/
function generateSignature(headers) {
const str = JSON.stringify(headers); // Convert headers to JSON string.
const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(str).digest('hex'); // Calculate SHA256 hash.
return hash;
}
// Check if crypto is available. This is needed for the signature generation
if (typeof window === 'undefined' || typeof window.crypto === 'undefined') {
console.warn("crypto API is not available in this environment. Signature verification will be disabled.");
generateSignature = () => "Signature generation is disabled";
}
// Example usage (for testing):
// const headers = {
// timestamp: Date.now(),
// version: "1.0",
// experimentId: "myExperiment",
// otherHeader: "someValue"
// };
// const errorMessage = verifyHeadersMetadata(headers);
// if (errorMessage) {
// console.error(errorMessage);
// } else {
// console.log("Headers metadata is valid.");
// }
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