key_utils

Documentation

Overview

Package key_utils provides methods to generate keys and retrieve bitpay specific ids (the SIN) and correctly formatted signatures.

Index

• func ExtractCompressedPublicKey(pm string) string
• func ExtractKeyFromPem(pm string) *btcec.PrivateKey
• func GeneratePem() string
• func GenerateSinFromPem(pm string) string
• func Sign(message string, pm string) string

Functions

func ExtractCompressedPublicKey

func ExtractCompressedPublicKey(pm string) string

ExtractCompressedPublicKey returns a hexadecimal encoding of the compressed public key. It expects a pem string as the argument.

func ExtractKeyFromPem

func ExtractKeyFromPem(pm string) *btcec.PrivateKey

Returns a btec.Private key object if provided a correct secp256k1 encoded pem.

func GeneratePem

func GeneratePem() string

All BitPay clients use a PEM file to store the private and public keys.

func GenerateSinFromPem

func GenerateSinFromPem(pm string) string

GenerateSinFromPem returns a base58 encoding of a public key. It expects a pem string as the argument.

func Sign

func Sign(message string, pm string) string

Returns a hexadecimal encoding of the signed sha256 hash of message, using the key provide in the pem string pm.