Support for import/export hex encoded keys, closes #635

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Bas van Kervel 2015-04-08 23:03:47 +02:00
parent 6284604b52
commit b3a3fdf9a4
3 changed files with 16 additions and 5 deletions

@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ password to file or expose in any other way.
Imports an unencrypted private key from <keyfile> and creates a new account.
Prints the address.
The keyfile is assumed to contain an unencrypted private key in canonical EC
raw bytes format.
The keyfile is assumed to contain an unencrypted private key in hexadecimal format.
The account is saved in encrypted format, you are prompted for a passphrase.

@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ func Hex2Bytes(str string) []byte {
return h
}
func HexBytes2Bytes(d []byte) []byte {
r := make([]byte, hex.DecodedLen(len(d)))
hex.Decode(r, d)
return r
}
func Bytes2HexBytes(d []byte) []byte {
r := make([]byte, hex.EncodedLen(len(d)))
hex.Encode(r, d)
return r
}
func StringToByteFunc(str string, cb func(str string) []byte) (ret []byte) {
if len(str) > 1 && str[0:2] == "0x" && !strings.Contains(str, "\n") {
ret = Hex2Bytes(str[2:])

@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func HexToECDSA(hexkey string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
// LoadECDSA loads a secp256k1 private key from the given file.
func LoadECDSA(file string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
buf := make([]byte, 32)
buf := make([]byte, 64)
fd, err := os.Open(file)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ func LoadECDSA(file string) (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {
if _, err := io.ReadFull(fd, buf); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return ToECDSA(buf), nil
return ToECDSA(common.HexBytes2Bytes(buf)), nil
}
// SaveECDSA saves a secp256k1 private key to the given file with restrictive
// permissions
func SaveECDSA(file string, key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) error {
return ioutil.WriteFile(file, FromECDSA(key), 0600)
return ioutil.WriteFile(file, common.Bytes2HexBytes(FromECDSA(key)), 0600)
}
func GenerateKey() (*ecdsa.PrivateKey, error) {