key-exchange


Table of Contents

- About
- Install
- Usage
- API
- Contributing
- License

About

CoBox is an encrypted p2p file system and distributed back-up tool. README provides a map of the project.

key-exchange provides the key exchange operations for CoBox.

Install

``
npm i -g @coboxcoop/key-exchange
`

Usage

const invite = require('cobox-key-exchange')

$3

opts = { publicKey, address, [encryptionKey], [name] }

Creates an invite code. Returns a buffer.
- publicKey - the public encryption key to whom the invite will be encrypted. Must be a buffer or hex encoded string.
- address - the address of the space to be included in the invite. Must be a buffer or hex encoded string.
- Optional: encryptionKey - the encryption key to whom the invite will be encrypted. Must be a buffer or hex encoded string.
- Optional: name - a name for the space. Must be a string

$3

opts = { invite, keypair }

Decrypts and unpacks an invite code.
- inviteCode should be a buffer.
- keypair should be an object of the form { publicKey, secretKey } both of which must be buffers or hex encoded strings.

$3


- recipientKey - the public encryption key of the intended recipient of the invite. Must be a buffer or hex encoded string.
- inviteCode an invite code which should be a buffer
- callback a function which will be called when the invite has been transmitted. This may take some time depending on whether they are currently online.
- opts is an optional object which may include
- swarm - a custom swarm function, which behaves similarly to cobox-swarm

$3

- publicKey - the public encryption key of the recipient of the invite. Must be a buffer or hex encoded string.
- callback(err, inviteCode) a function which will be called when the invite has been received.
- inviteCode an invite code which will be a buffer
- opts is an optional object which may include
- swarm - a custom swarm function, which behaves similarly to cobox-swarm

API

See swagger documentation... (we won't have this for a while).

Contributing

PRs accepted.

Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the standard-readme specification.

License

AGPL-3.0-or-later`