grammarly-security-basics

DevOps & Security

Security fundamentals for Grammarly API credential management. Use when setting up secure authentication and token handling for Grammarly integrations.

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Grammarly Security Basics

Overview

Grammarly processes user-written text content for grammar, tone, and style suggestions. Integrations handle document text that may contain confidential business communications, legal drafts, or personal correspondence. Security concerns include OAuth client credential management, ensuring user text is not persisted or logged unnecessarily, and protecting access tokens that grant read/write access to user documents and suggestion history.

API Key Management

function createGrammarlyClient(): { clientId: string; clientSecret: string } {
  const clientId = process.env.GRAMMARLY_CLIENT_ID;
  const clientSecret = process.env.GRAMMARLY_CLIENT_SECRET;
  if (!clientId || !clientSecret) {
    throw new Error("Missing GRAMMARLY_CLIENT_ID or GRAMMARLY_CLIENT_SECRET");
  }
  // Access tokens from client_credentials grant — never persist to disk
  console.log("Grammarly client initialized (client ID:", clientId.slice(0, 8), "...)");
  return { clientId, clientSecret };
}

Webhook Signature Verification

import crypto from "crypto";
import { Request, Response, NextFunction } from "express";

function verifyGrammarlyWebhook(req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction): void {
  const signature = req.headers["x-grammarly-signature"] as string;
  const secret = process.env.GRAMMARLY_WEBHOOK_SECRET!;
  const expected = crypto.createHmac("sha256", secret).update(req.body).digest("hex");
  if (!signature || !crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(signature), Buffer.from(expected))) {
    res.status(401).send("Invalid signature");
    return;
  }
  next();
}

Input Validation

import { z } from "zod";

const TextAnalysisSchema = z.object({
  document_id: z.string().uuid(),
  text: z.string().min(1).max(100_000),
  language: z.enum(["en-US", "en-GB", "en-AU", "en-CA"]).default("en-US"),
  domain: z.enum(["general", "academic", "business", "casual"]).default("general"),
  goals: z.array(z.enum(["clarity", "engagement", "delivery", "correctness"])).optional(),
});

function validateTextAnalysis(data: unknown) {
  return TextAnalysisSchema.parse(data);
}

Data Protection

const GRAMMARLY_SENSITIVE_FIELDS = ["document_text", "user_email", "access_token", "client_secret", "suggestion_context"];

function redactGrammarlyLog(record: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown> {
  const redacted = { ...record };
  for (const field of GRAMMARLY_SENSITIVE_FIELDS) {
    if (field in redacted) redacted[field] = "[REDACTED]";
  }
  // Truncate any text snippets to prevent content leakage
  if (typeof redacted.text_preview === "string") {
    redacted.text_preview = (redacted.text_preview as string).slice(0, 20) + "...";
  }
  return redacted;
}

Security Checklist

Client secret stored in secrets vault, never in source code
Access tokens held in memory only, never persisted to disk
User document text never logged in application logs
HTTPS enforced for all API calls
Pre-commit hook blocks credential leaks (grammarly_client_secret)
Token refresh logic handles expiration gracefully
Text content encrypted at rest if cached locally
OAuth scopes limited to minimum required permissions

Error Handling

Vulnerability	Risk	Mitigation
Leaked client secret	Unauthorized document analysis access	Secrets vault + rotation
Access tokens persisted to disk	Token theft enables impersonation	In-memory only + short TTL
User text in application logs	Confidential content exposed	Field-level redaction pipeline
Overly broad OAuth scopes	Access to unrelated user documents	Minimum-privilege scope requests
Unencrypted text cache	Local storage breach exposes content	AES encryption for any local cache

Resources

Next Steps

See grammarly-prod-checklist.