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http-security-headers

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

Features​

  • dnsPrefetchControl controls browser DNS prefetching
  • 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

Options​

There are a lot, see source

Sample usage​

import middy from '@middy/core'
import httpSecurityHeaders from '@middy/http-security-headers'

const lambdaHandler = (event, context) => {
  return {}
}

export const handler = middy().use(httpSecurityHeaders()).handler(lambdaHandler)