Facebook iframe Canvas App Authentication in node.js

gistfile1.js

var querystring = require("querystring");

var base64ToString = function(str) {
	return (new Buffer(str || "", "base64")).toString("ascii");
};

var base64UrlToString = function(str) {
	return base64ToString( base64UrlToBase64(str) );
};

var base64UrlToBase64 = function(str) {
	var paddingNeeded = (4- (str.length%4));
	for (var i = 0; i < paddingNeeded; i++) {
		str = str + '=';
	}
	return str.replace(/\-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/')
};

var getAuthorizeUrl = function() {
	var oauth_url = 'https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth/?'
	var options = {
		client_id: YOUR_APP_ID,
		redirect_uri: 'https://apps.facebook.com/YOUR_APP/',
		scope: COMMA_SEPARATED_LIST_OF_PERMISSION_NAMES 
	};
	// for scope see https://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions/
	// eg. it could be "publish_stream,email"
	return oauth_url + querystring.stringify(options);
};

app.get('/fb', function(req, res) {
	var signed_request = req.param('signed_request'); 
	var parts = signed_request.split('.');
	var sig = base64UrlToBase64(parts[0]);
	var payload = parts[1];
	var data = JSON.parse(base64UrlToString(payload));	
	if (!data.user_id) {
		// send over to authorize url
		res.send("<script>window.top.location='" + getAuthorizeUrl() + "'</script>");
	}
	else {
		// lets verify        
        	if (data.algorithm.toUpperCase() !== 'HMAC-SHA256') {
			res.send('Unknown algorithm. Expected HMAC-SHA256');
			return;
		}
		var secret = YOUR_APP_SECRET;
		var hmac = require('crypto').createHmac('sha256', secret);
		hmac.update(payload);
		var expected_sig = hmac.digest('base64');
		if (sig != expected_sig){
			console.log('expected [' + expected_sig + '] got [' + sig + ']');
			res.send('Hello, this is my app! you are CHEATING! .. expected [' + expected_sig + '] got [' + sig + ']');
		}
		else {
			res.send('Hello, this is my app! you passed verification and are ' + data.user_id);
		}
	}
});