npm package: @middy/http-security-header
Description: Applies best practice security headers to responses. It's a simplified port of HelmetJS
Author: Middy contributors
Latest version: 1.0.0-alpha.51
Deprecated: moved to @middy/http-security-headers

# Middy http-security-headers middleware

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  <p><strong>HTTP security headers middleware for the middy framework, the stylish Node.js middleware engine for AWS Lambda</strong></p>
  <p>Applies best practice security headers to responses. It's a simplified port of [HelmetJS](https://helmetjs.github.io/). See HelmetJS documentation for more details.</p>
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Applies best practice security headers to responses. It's a simplified port of HelmetJS. See [HelmetJS](https://helmetjs.github.io/) documentation for more details.

## Install

To install this middleware you can use NPM:

```bash
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

```javascript
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](https://github.com/middyjs/middy) or [Middy official website](https://middy.js.org).


## Contributing

Everyone is very welcome to contribute to this repository. Feel free to [raise issues](https://github.com/middyjs/middy/issues) or to [submit Pull Requests](https://github.com/middyjs/middy/pulls).


## License

Licensed under [MIT License](LICENSE). Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Luciano Mammino and the [Middy team](https://github.com/middyjs/middy/graphs/contributors).

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