From cba39744c2b16b935f78a43d33ac994856683714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Fenton <270411513+fentonbenjamin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 13:42:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: normalize admin token handling

---
 lib/admin-auth.ts | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/admin-auth.ts

diff --git a/lib/admin-auth.ts b/lib/admin-auth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbb3bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/admin-auth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { timingSafeEqual } from "crypto";
+
+const ADMIN_TOKEN = process.env.SHAPE_ADMIN_TOKEN ?? "";
+
+type Headers = Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>;
+
+function getHeader(headers: Headers, name: string): string | undefined {
+  const raw = headers[name.toLowerCase()];
+  if (Array.isArray(raw)) return raw[0];
+  return raw;
+}
+
+/**
+ * True when the request is an authenticated admin call.
+ *
+ * Accepts either `Authorization: Bearer <token>` or `X-Admin-Token: <token>`.
+ * In development we allow the call when no token is configured so the
+ * local demo path keeps working.
+ */
+export function isAdmin(headers: Headers): boolean {
+  const bearer = getHeader(headers, "authorization")?.replace(/^Bearer\s+/i, "");
+  const xAdmin = getHeader(headers, "x-admin-token");
+
+  if (bearer) {
+    const a = Buffer.from(bearer);
+    const b = Buffer.from(ADMIN_TOKEN);
+    if (a.length !== b.length) return false;
+    return timingSafeEqual(a, b);
+  }
+
+  if (xAdmin) {
+    return xAdmin === ADMIN_TOKEN;
+  }
+
+  // Local-dev fallback: no token configured means demo mode.
+  return process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
+}