Juicebox Security Basics

Overview

Implement security best practices for Juicebox API integration.

Prerequisites

Juicebox API access configured
Environment variable management
Basic security awareness

Instructions

Step 1: Secure API Key Storage

NEVER do this:

// BAD - hardcoded API key
const client = new JuiceboxClient({
  apiKey: 'jb_prod_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
});

DO this instead:

// GOOD - environment variable
const client = new JuiceboxClient({
  apiKey: process.env.JUICEBOX_API_KEY
});

For production, use secret managers:

// AWS Secrets Manager
import { SecretsManager } from '@aws-sdk/client-secrets-manager';

async function getApiKey(): Promise<string> {
  const client = new SecretsManager({ region: 'us-east-1' });
  const secret = await client.getSecretValue({
    SecretId: 'juicebox/api-key'
  });
  return JSON.parse(secret.SecretString!).apiKey;
}

// Google Secret Manager
import { SecretManagerServiceClient } from '@google-cloud/secret-manager';

async function getApiKey(): Promise<string> {
  const client = new SecretManagerServiceClient();
  const [version] = await client.accessSecretVersion({
    name: 'projects/my-project/secrets/juicebox-api-key/versions/latest'
  });
  return version.payload!.data!.toString();
}

Step 2: Implement Access Controls

// middleware/juicebox-auth.ts
export function requireJuiceboxAccess(requiredScope: string) {
  return async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
    const user = req.user;

    if (!user) {
      return res.status(401).json({ error: 'Authentication required' });
    }

    const hasScope = user.permissions.includes(`juicebox:${requiredScope}`);
    if (!hasScope) {
      return res.status(403).json({ error: 'Insufficient permissions' });
    }

    next();
  };
}

// Usage
app.get('/api/search',
  requireJuiceboxAccess('search:read'),
  async (req, res) => {
    // ... search logic
  }
);

Step 3: Audit Logging

// lib/audit-logger.ts
export class JuiceboxAuditLogger {
  async logAccess(event: AuditEvent): Promise<void> {
    const entry = {
      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
      userId: event.userId,
      action: event.action,
      resource: event.resource,
      ip: event.ip,
      userAgent: event.userAgent,
      success: event.success,
      metadata: event.metadata
    };

    await db.auditLogs.insert(entry);

    // Alert on suspicious activity
    if (this.isSuspicious(event)) {
      await this.sendAlert(entry);
    }
  }

  private isSuspicious(event: AuditEvent): boolean {
    return (
      event.action === 'bulk_export' ||
      event.metadata?.resultCount > 1000 ||
      this.isOffHours()
    );
  }
}

Step 4: Data Privacy Compliance

// lib/data-privacy.ts
export class DataPrivacyHandler {
  // Redact PII before logging
  redactPII(profile: Profile): RedactedProfile {
    return {
      ...profile,
      email: this.maskEmail(profile.email),
      phone: profile.phone ? '***-***-' + profile.phone.slice(-4) : undefined
    };
  }

  // Track data access for compliance
  async recordDataAccess(
    userId: string,
    profileIds: string[],
    purpose: string
  ): Promise<void> {
    await db.dataAccessLog.insert({
      userId,
      profileIds,
      purpose,
      timestamp: new Date(),
      retentionExpiry: addDays(new Date(), 90)
    });
  }

  // Handle data deletion requests
  async handleDeletionRequest(requestId: string): Promise<void> {
    // Remove from local cache/storage
    // Log compliance action
    // Notify relevant systems
  }
}

Security Checklist

## Juicebox Security Audit Checklist

### API Key Management
- [ ] API keys stored in secret manager
- [ ] No hardcoded keys in code
- [ ] Keys rotated every 90 days
- [ ] Separate keys for dev/staging/prod

### Access Control
- [ ] Role-based access implemented
- [ ] Principle of least privilege
- [ ] Regular access reviews

### Logging & Monitoring
- [ ] All API calls logged
- [ ] Audit trail maintained
- [ ] Anomaly detection enabled
- [ ] Alerts configured

### Data Privacy
- [ ] PII handling documented
- [ ] Data retention policy
- [ ] GDPR/CCPA compliance
- [ ] Deletion request workflow

Error Handling

| Security Issue | Detection | Response | |----------------|-----------|----------| | Key exposure | Git scanning | Rotate immediately | | Unauthorized access | Audit logs | Revoke access | | Data breach | Monitoring | Incident response |

Resources

Next Steps

After security setup, see juicebox-prod-checklist for deployment readiness.