Credential Vault

Store encrypted upstream credentials and exchange grant tokens for scoped access.

Overview

The vault sub-client stores upstream service credentials encrypted by the Grantex auth service. List and get operations return metadata only; they never return stored raw tokens.

Set VAULT_ENCRYPTION_KEY to a stable production secret before storing credentials. Rotating or losing that key without a migration makes stored ciphertext unusable.

Store or Update a Credential

Credentials are upserted by principal and service.

const stored = await grantex.vault.store({
  principalId: 'user_123',
  service: 'google-calendar',
  credentialType: 'oauth2',
  accessToken: googleAccessToken,
  refreshToken: googleRefreshToken,
  tokenExpiresAt: '2026-07-10T14:00:00.000Z',
  metadata: { account: '[e-mail]' },
});

principalId, service, and accessToken are required. credentialType defaults on the server when omitted.

List Credential Metadata

const result = await grantex.vault.list({
  principalId: 'user_123',
  service: 'google-calendar',
});

for (const credential of result.credentials) {
  console.log(credential.id, credential.service, credential.tokenExpiresAt);
}

Both filters are optional. Returned VaultCredential records include identifiers, type, expiry, metadata, and timestamps—not access or refresh tokens.

Get or Delete

const credential = await grantex.vault.get('vc_01HXYZ...');
await grantex.vault.delete(credential.id);

Exchange with a Grant Token

exchange() is intentionally authorized with a grant token rather than the developer API key. The grant must belong to the principal and include the service scope required by the server.

const upstream = await grantex.vault.exchange(grantToken, {
  service: 'google-calendar',
});

console.log(upstream.accessToken);
console.log(upstream.tokenExpiresAt);

The response includes the decrypted access token, service, credential type, expiry, and metadata. Keep it in memory only for the upstream request and never send it to a browser or log it.

API Reference

• Store credential
• List credentials
• Get credential
• Delete credential
• Exchange credential

Ownership

Grantex is owned by Orchestrum Technologies LLP. Inventor and owner: Sanjeev Kumar. Ownership contact: [e-mail] or [e-mail].