L484 / Sapien Membership App

Vue frontend with a small Node backend for private membership signup, Nostr sign-in, admin approvals, BTCPay invoices, encrypted local member-card export/import, and NFC card access scaffolding.

Development

npm install
npm run dev

The dev script runs the API and Vite with --host. It also loads .env.local and seeds development members when DEV_SEED_MEMBERS=true.

Production / Portainer

The app listens on port 2354 in the provided compose files.

Required production environment:

PORT=2354
HOST=0.0.0.0
APP_MODE=all
MEMBERSHIP_ENCRYPTION_KEY=<32+ random bytes>
ACCESS_HMAC_KEY=<32+ random bytes>
ACCESS_CONTROLLER_TOKEN=<random controller token>
BTCPAY_SERVER_URL=https://your-btcpay-host
BTCPAY_STORE_ID=<store id>
BTCPAY_API_KEY=<api key>
BTCPAY_WEBHOOK_SECRET=<webhook secret>
DEV_SEED_MEMBERS=false

Keep server/data on a persistent volume. Do not deploy .env.local.

BTCPay

Create a BTCPay webhook pointing at:

https://your-domain/api/btcpay/webhook

Use the same webhook secret as BTCPAY_WEBHOOK_SECRET.

The admin payment modal opens a live server-sent event stream at /api/admin/events. When BTCPay calls the webhook, the backend marks the invoice paid and pushes a payment-paid event to open admin sessions. The status endpoint remains available for explicit refresh/error recovery.

NFC Door Readiness

The controller-facing endpoint is:

POST /api/access/check
X-Controller-Token: <ACCESS_CONTROLLER_TOKEN>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "doorId": "front-door",
  "cardCredential": "scanned-card-secret-or-uid"
}

The backend stores only HMACs of card credentials using ACCESS_HMAC_KEY. Access is allowed only when:

• the scanned card hash matches an active card,
• the member exists,
• the member access status resolves to active.

The response:

{
  "allow": true,
  "reason": "active_member_card",
  "member": {
    "membershipId": "L484-2026-XXXXXX",
    "fullName": "Member Name",
    "status": "active"
  }
}

Every access check is logged in server/data/access-logs.json.

Security Notes

• The generated user nsec is shown once in the browser and is not sent to the backend.
• Member records are encrypted before being saved in server/data/memberships.json.
• NFC card credentials are never stored raw.
• Admin APIs require an authorized Nostr public key.
• Controller APIs require ACCESS_CONTROLLER_TOKEN.
• Mutating API routes have basic rate limiting.
• Rotate any development BTCPay credentials before production.