ailuropoda

Implementing bamboo, using only browser compatible cryptography.

Ailuropoda is the science name for a panda.

install

npm i -S @bicycle-codes/ailuropoda
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use

Import types and functions.

import {
    create as createMsg,
    SignedPost,
    lipmaaLink,
    createBatch,
    getLipmaaPath,
    isValid,
    verifyLipmaas
} from '@bicycle-codes/ailuropoda'
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data format

Log entries are { metadata, content }, where metadata is a signed object like below.

Metadata

interface Metadata {
    timestamp:number;
    proof:string,
    key:string,  // <-- base64url encoded
    seq:number;
    lipmaalink:string|null;
    prev:string|null;
    username:string;
    author:DID;
}
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SignedMetadata

import { SignedMessage } from '@bicycle-codes/message'

type SignedMetadata = SignedMessage<Metadata>
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Content

export interface Content {
    text:string,
    alt?:string[],
    mentions?:string[]
}
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SignedPost

type SignedPost = { metadata:SignedMetadata, content:Content }
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example

Use the function createBatch to create a list with lipmaa links.

See the diagram for a nice visualization of the list structure.

import { Identity, create as createID } from '@bicycle-codes/identity'
import { createCryptoComponent } from '@ssc-half-light/node-components'
import { createBatch } from '@bicycle-codes/ailuropoda'

const alicesCrytpo = await createCryptoComponent()
const alice = await createID(alicesCrytpo, {
    humanName: 'alice',
    humanReadableDeviceName: 'computer'
})

const newMsgs = [
    { content: { text: 'hello 1' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 2' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 3' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 4' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 5' } }
]

const list = await createBatch(alice, alicesCrytpo, {
    // we are just using an in-memory array of messages
    getKeyFromIndex: async (i:number, msgs:SignedPost[]) => {
        const msg = msgs[i]
        if (!msg) return null
        return msg.metadata.key
    }
}, newMsgs)  // pass in a list with message content
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API

lipmaaLink (n)

Get the lipmaa number number given a sequence number.

function lipmaaLink (n:number):number
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lipmaaLink example

const lipmaas = ([...Array(41).keys()]).map(n => {
    return { lipmaa: lipmaaLink(n), n }
})
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lipmaas is like this:

 [
    { lipmaa: 0, n: 0 },   { lipmaa: 0, n: 1 },
    { lipmaa: 1, n: 2 },   { lipmaa: 2, n: 3 },
    { lipmaa: 1, n: 4 },   { lipmaa: 4, n: 5 },
    { lipmaa: 5, n: 6 },   { lipmaa: 6, n: 7 },
    { lipmaa: 4, n: 8 },   { lipmaa: 8, n: 9 },
    { lipmaa: 9, n: 10 },  { lipmaa: 10, n: 11 },
    { lipmaa: 8, n: 12 },  { lipmaa: 4, n: 13 },
    { lipmaa: 13, n: 14 }, { lipmaa: 14, n: 15 },
    { lipmaa: 15, n: 16 }, { lipmaa: 13, n: 17 },
    { lipmaa: 17, n: 18 }, { lipmaa: 18, n: 19 },
    { lipmaa: 19, n: 20 }, { lipmaa: 17, n: 21 },
    { lipmaa: 21, n: 22 }, { lipmaa: 22, n: 23 },
    { lipmaa: 23, n: 24 }, { lipmaa: 21, n: 25 },
    { lipmaa: 13, n: 26 }, { lipmaa: 26, n: 27 },
    { lipmaa: 27, n: 28 }, { lipmaa: 28, n: 29 },
    { lipmaa: 26, n: 30 }, { lipmaa: 30, n: 31 },
    { lipmaa: 31, n: 32 }, { lipmaa: 32, n: 33 },
    { lipmaa: 30, n: 34 }, { lipmaa: 34, n: 35 },
    { lipmaa: 35, n: 36 }, { lipmaa: 36, n: 37 },
    { lipmaa: 34, n: 38 }, { lipmaa: 26, n: 39 },
    { lipmaa: 13, n: 40 }
]
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Note the lipmaa vs n properties match with this diagram.

create (user, crypto, opts)

Create a message. This does not deal with lipmaa links. You would need to pass them in.

async function create (
    user:Identity,
    crypto:Implementation,
    opts:{
        content:Content,
        limpaalink?:string|null,  // <-- the key of the lipmaa message
        seq:number,
        prev:SignedPost|null|undefined,
    }
):Promise<SignedPost>
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import { create as createMsg } from '@bicycle-codes/ailuropoda'

const post = await createMsg(
    alice,
    alicesCrytpo,
    {
        seq: 1,
        prev: null,
        content: {
            text: 'hello'
        }
    }
)
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isValid (message)

Verify a message. This does not look at links, only the signature and hash.

async function isValid (msg:SignedPost):Promise<boolean>
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const { isOk } = await isValid(post)
// => true
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verifyLipmaas ({ messageFromKey }, msg, path)

Check that all the messages between the given message and message number 1 are valid. This will use the shortest path from the given message to the first message.

async function verifyLipmaas ({
    messageFromKey
}:{
    messageFromKey:(key:string)=>Promise<SignedPost>
}, msg:SignedPost, path?:number[]):Promise<{
    isOk: boolean,
    path:number[]
}>
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const { isOk, path } = await verifyLipmaas(list2, {
    messageFromKey
}, list2[39])  // array is 0 indexed, so 39 is seq number 40

// isOk = true
// path = [40, 13, 4, 1]
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getLipmaaPath (seq, prev)

Get the shortest path between the given sequence number and the first message. The parameter prev is used internally, for recusion.

function getLipmaaPath (seq:number, prev?:number[]):number[]
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Return an array of sequence numbers, starting with the first:

[ 1, 4, 13 ]
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createBatch (user, crypto, opts, messages)

Create a linked list of the given messages, with lipmaa links.

async function createBatch (
    user:Identity,
    crypto:Implementation,
    opts: {
        getKeyFromIndex:(i:number, msgs:SignedPost[]) => Promise<string|null>
    },
    msgs:{
        content:Content,
        seq?:number,
        prev?:SignedPost|null|undefined,
    }[],
    _out?:SignedPost[]
):Promise<SignedPost[]>
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createBatch example

Create a linked list with in-memory content, starting from entry number 1.

Note in the example, getKey is synchronous, but we need to return a promise because that's what the API expects.

Takes a parameter getKeyFromIndex that will return the key for an entry given its index.

const newMsgs = [
    { content: { text: 'hello 1' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 2' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 3' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 4' } },
    { content: { text: 'hello 5' } }
]

const list = await createBatch(alice, alicesCrytpo, {
    getKeyFromIndex: getKey
}, newMsgs)

async function getKey (i:number, msgs:SignedPost[]):Promise<string|null> {
    const msg = msgs[i]
    if (!msg) return null
    return msg.metadata.key
}
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append (user, crypto, opts)

Given a previous message and a function that will return a message by its sequence number, create a new message with the correct lipmaa key.

async function append (
    user:Identity,
    crypto:Implementation,
    opts:{
        getBySeq:(seq:number) => Promise<SignedPost>
        content:Content,
        prev:SignedPost
    }
):Promise<SignedPost>
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append example

const list = await createBatch(alice, alicesCrytpo, {
    getKeyFromIndex: async (i, msgs) => {
        return msgs[i].metadata.key
    },
}, msgs)

const newMsg = await append(alice, alicesCrytpo, {
    getBySeq: async (seq) => {
        return list[seq - 1]  // 0 vs 1 indexed
    },
    prev: list[list.length - 1],
    content: { text: 'hello 40' }
})
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docs

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bicycle-codes.github.io/ailuropoda