Vault makes it easy to provide some hidden functionality to users. For example having a konami code on the page which triggers a feature, such as a raptor appearing on the screen or a game of tetris appearing. How vault differs from the usual konami codes is that the user must type a passphrase which unlocks these codes. You can then register commands to particular strings. Its easier to see in an example below.
This sets the code that will unlock all the other commands
$.vault.passphrase('rawr');These are callbacks that are triggered when a word is typed
$.vault.register('alert', function() {
alert('You have triggered the command');
});So if the user types rawr the vault is now unlocked, so if they then type alert the callback will be triggered which alerts a message.
This small plugin was designed for fun to allow you to hide features in your page. You should note that obviously it is not secure as the passphrase and code is in plaintext in the javascript files. It could however be used to bring up a little admin console and trigger commands such as new/edit/delete. Appropriate admin checks should still be implemented.
- Edit code in the /src folder
- To minify, open terminal and type make
- Minified file in /dist folder
This makefile uses the google closure compiler provided to minify the source file and saves it in the dist folder.