Security and integration enhancements, dependency upgrades, bug fixes

Security Enhancements
- Added URL validation for redirects through session.returnTo (CWE-601).
- Fixed OAuth state parameter generation and handling to address CSRF attack vectors in the OAuth workflow.
- Added additional sanitization for user input in database queries using $eq in MongoDB.

API and Integration:
- Unified formatting for authentication parameters in route definitions and passport.js configuration.
- Refactored common code for OAuth 2 token processing in passport strategies to improve maintainability.
- Reworked the GitHub and Twitch API integration examples with additional data from the APIs.
- Reworked the Twilio API integration example to use Twilio’s sandbox servers and test phone numbers.
- Upgraded the Pinterest API example to use v5 calls instead of the broken v1.
- Reworked the Tumblr API integration example with additional data from the API.
- Added a properly working OAuth 1.0a integration for Tumblr.
- Removed sign-in by Snapchat due to increased difficulty for developers and a focus on hackathon participants.
- Removed Foursquare OAuth authorization and updated the API demo with new examples.
- Renamed Twitter to X (Some of the backend and code still reference Twitter due to upstream dependencies, and the login button is using Twitter colors pending X addition to bootstrap-social).

Update/Upgrades:
- Dropped support for Nodejs < 22 due to ESM module import issues prior to that version.
- Migrated from the unmaintained passport-linkedin-oauth2 to a passport-openidconnect strategy.
--- Added support and examples for openid-client.
- Migrated from the deprecated paypal-rest-sdk to an example without the SDK, providing OAuth calls depending on the page state.
- Migrated from the unmaintained bootstrap-social to a fork that can be easily patched and updated.
- Migrated eslint to v9, and its new config format (breaking change).
- Migrated Husky to v9, and its new config format (breaking change). Fixed Windows commit issue.
- Updated dependencies.
- Added temporary patch files for connect-flash and passport-openidconnect based on pending pull requests or issues on GitHub.

Other:
- Fixed a bug that prevented profile pictures from being displayed.
- Added authentication link/unlink options to the user profile page for all OAuth/Identity providers.
- Fixed typos, broken links, and minor formatting alignment issues on various pages.
- Fixed spelling errors in startup information displayed in the console.
- Refactored URL validation in unit tests for Gravatar generation to conform with CodeQL rules. Even though CodeQL does vulnerability checks, this is not a security issue since it is unit tests.
- Updated the placeholder main.js to use the current format (not deprecated JS).
- Updated the GitHub repo worker/runner configs to use proper permissions
- Return exit code 1 if there is a database connection issue at startup.
- Added the --trace-deprecation flag to startup to provide better information on runtime deprecation warnings.
- .gitignore file to exclude the uploads path.
- Updated the copyright year.
- Updated documentation.

.env.example

@@ -25,17 +25,14 @@ NYT_KEY=9548be6f3a64163d23e1539f067fcabd:5:68537648
 LASTFM_KEY=c8c0ea1c4a6b199b3429722512fbd17f
 LASTFM_SECRET=is cb7857b8fba83f819ea46ca13681fe71
 
-SNAPCHAT_ID=181f414f-9581-4498-be9a-a223d024cf10
-SNAPCHAT_SECRET=DyswCZGyuZl5BBEA1yWlcjyAoONB-_qw8WNodhc4hr4
-
 FACEBOOK_ID=754220301289665
 FACEBOOK_SECRET=41860e58c256a3d7ad8267d3c1939a4a
 
 GITHUB_ID=cb448b1d4f0c743a1e36
 GITHUB_SECRET=815aa4606f476444691c5f1c16b9c70da6714dc6
 
-TWITTER_KEY=6NNBDyJ2TavL407A3lWxPFKBI
-TWITTER_SECRET=ZHaYyK3DQCqv49Z9ofsYdqiUgeoICyh6uoBgFfu7OeYC7wTQKa
+X_KEY=6NNBDyJ2TavL407A3lWxPFKBI
+X_SECRET=ZHaYyK3DQCqv49Z9ofsYdqiUgeoICyh6uoBgFfu7OeYC7wTQKa
 
 GOOGLE_ID=828110519058.apps.googleusercontent.com
 GOOGLE_SECRET=JdZsIaWhUFIchmC1a_IZzOHb

.github/workflows/node.js.yml

@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
-# This workflow will do a clean installation of node dependencies, cache/restore them, build the source code and run tests across different versions of node
-# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-nodejs
-
-name: Node.js CI
+name: Node.js CI with CodeQL
 
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "master" ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "master" ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+  security-events: write
+
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [18.x, 20.x]
-        # See supported Node.js release schedule at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/
-
+        node-version: [ 22.x ]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-      with:
-        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        cache: 'npm'
-    - run: npm install
-    - run: npm run lint
-    - run: npm run test
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - run: npm install
+      - run: npm run lint
+      - run: npm run test

.gitignore

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ public/css/main.css
 node_modules
 bower_components
 
+# Uploads
+uploads
+
 # Editors
 .idea
 .vscode

.husky/pre-commit

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-npm run lintStage
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+. "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
+
+npm test

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,49 @@
 # Changelog
 ---------
 
+### 8.1.0 (February 1, 2025)
+Security Enhancements
+- Added URL validation for redirects through session.returnTo (CWE-601).
+- Fixed OAuth state parameter generation and handling to address CSRF attack vectors in the OAuth workflow.
+- Added additional sanitization for user input in database queries using $eq in MongoDB.
+
+API and Integration:
+- Unified formatting for authentication parameters in route definitions and passport.js configuration.
+- Refactored common code for OAuth 2 token processing in passport strategies to improve maintainability.
+- Reworked the GitHub and Twitch API integration examples with additional data from the APIs.
+- Reworked the Twilio API integration example to use Twilio’s sandbox servers and test phone numbers.
+- Upgraded the Pinterest API example to use v5 calls instead of the broken v1.
+- Reworked the Tumblr API integration example with additional data from the API.
+- Added a properly working OAuth 1.0a integration for Tumblr.
+- Removed sign-in by Snapchat due to increased difficulty for developers and a focus on hackathon participants.
+- Removed Foursquare OAuth authorization and updated the API demo with new examples.
+- Renamed Twitter to X (Some of the backend and code still reference Twitter due to upstream dependencies, and the login button is using Twitter colors pending X addition to bootstrap-social).
+
+Update/Upgrades:
+- Dropped support for Nodejs < 22 due to ESM module import issues prior to that version.
+- Migrated from the unmaintained passport-linkedin-oauth2 to a passport-openidconnect strategy.
+--- Added support and examples for openid-client.
+- Migrated from the deprecated paypal-rest-sdk to an example without the SDK, providing OAuth calls depending on the page state.
+- Migrated from the unmaintained bootstrap-social to a fork that can be easily patched and updated.
+- Migrated eslint to v9, and its new config format (breaking change).
+- Migrated Husky to v9, and its new config format (breaking change). Fixed Windows commit issue.
+- Updated dependencies. 
+- Added temporary patch files for connect-flash and passport-openidconnect based on pending pull requests or issues on GitHub.
+
+Other:
+- Fixed a bug that prevented profile pictures from being displayed.
+- Added authentication link/unlink options to the user profile page for all OAuth/Identity providers.
+- Fixed typos, broken links, and minor formatting alignment issues on various pages.
+- Fixed spelling errors in startup information displayed in the console.
+- Refactored URL validation in unit tests for Gravatar generation to conform with CodeQL rules. Even though CodeQL does vulnerability checks, this is not a security issue since it is unit tests.
+- Updated the placeholder main.js to use the current format (not deprecated JS).
+- Updated the GitHub repo worker/runner configs to use proper permissions
+- Return exit code 1 if there is a database connection issue at startup.
+- Added the --trace-deprecation flag to startup to provide better information on runtime deprecation warnings.
+- .gitignore file to exclude the uploads path.
+- Updated the copyright year.
+- Updated documentation.
+
 ### 8.0.0 (July 28, 2023)
 
 - Security: Renamed the cookie and set secure attribute for cookie transmission when https is present
@@ -47,7 +90,6 @@ API example changes:
 - Added missing parameters for the Lob's new API requirements
 - Improved the Last.fm API example as the artist image is no longer vended by last.fm
 
-
 ### 7.0.0 (Mar 26, 2022)
 - Dropped support for Node.js <16
 - Switched to Bootstrap 5

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2014-2023 Sahat Yalkabov
+Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Sahat Yalkabov
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal