plumber2 (version 0.2.0)

api_security_headers: Add various security related headers to your plumber2 API

Description

This function adds the SecurityHeaders plugin to your plumber2 API. Please consult the documentation for the plugin for up-to-date information on its behaviour.

Usage

api_security_headers(
  api,
  content_security_policy = csp(default_src = "self", script_src = "self",
    script_src_attr = "none", style_src = c("self", "https:", "unsafe-inline"), img_src =
    c("self", "data:"), font_src = c("self", "https:", "data:"), object_src = "none",
    base_uri = "self", form_action = "self", frame_ancestors = "self",
    upgrade_insecure_requests = TRUE),
  content_security_policy_report_only = NULL,
  cross_origin_embedder_policy = NULL,
  cross_origin_opener_policy = "same-origin",
  cross_origin_resource_policy = "same-origin",
  origin_agent_cluster = TRUE,
  referrer_policy = "no-referrer",
  strict_transport_security = sts(max_age = 63072000, include_sub_domains = TRUE),
  x_content_type_options = TRUE,
  x_dns_prefetch_control = FALSE,
  x_download_options = TRUE,
  x_frame_options = "SAMEORIGIN",
  x_permitted_cross_domain_policies = "none",
  x_xss_protection = FALSE
)

Value

This functions return the api object allowing for easy chaining with the pipe

Arguments

api

A plumber2 api object to add the plugin to

content_security_policy

Set the value of the Content-Security-Policy header. See firesafety::csp() for documentation of its values

content_security_policy_report_only

Set the value of the Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only header. See firesafety::csp() for documentation of its values

cross_origin_embedder_policy

Set the value of the Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy. Possible values are "unsafe-none", "require-corp", and "credentialless"

cross_origin_opener_policy

Set the value of the Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy. Possible values are "unsafe-none", "same-origin-allow-popups", "same-origin", and "noopener-allow-popups"

cross_origin_resource_policy

Set the value of the Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy. Possible values are "same-site", "same-origin", and "cross-origin"

origin_agent_cluster

Set the value of the Origin-Agent-Cluster. Possible values are TRUE and FALSE

referrer_policy

Set the value of the Referrer-Policy. Possible values are "no-referrer", "no-referrer-when-downgrade", "origin", "origin-when-cross-origin", "same-origin", "strict-origin", "strict-origin-when-cross-origin", and "unsafe-url"

strict_transport_security

Set the value of the Strict-Transport-Security header. See firesafety::sts() for documentation of its values

x_content_type_options

Set the value of the X-Content-Type-Options. Possible values are TRUE and FALSE

x_dns_prefetch_control

Set the value of the X-DNS-Prefetch-Control. Possible values are TRUE and FALSE

x_download_options

Set the value of the X-Download-Options. Possible values are TRUE and FALSE

x_frame_options

Set the value of the X-Frame-Options. Possible values are "DENY" and "SAMEORIGIN"

x_permitted_cross_domain_policies

Set the value of the X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies. Possible values are "none", "master-only", "by-content-type", "by-ftp-filename", "all", and "none-this-response"

x_xss_protection

Set the value of the X-XSS-Protection. Possible values are TRUE and FALSE

Using annotation

Security headers doesn't have a dedicated annotation tag, but you can set it up in a @plumber block

#* @plumber
function(api) {
  api |>
    api_security_headers()
}

See Also

Other security features: api_security_cors(), api_security_resource_isolation()

Examples

# Add default security headers to an API
api() |>
  api_security_headers()