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@dfinity/identity
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JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage identity with the Internet Computer
JavaScript and TypeScript module to manage Identities and enable simple Web Authentication flows for applications on the Internet Computer
import { ECDSAKeyIdentity, Ed25519KeyIdentity, WebAuthnIdentity } from '@icp-sdk/core/identity';
const ecdsaIdentity = await ECDSAKeyIdentity.generate();
const ed25519Identity = Ed25519KeyIdentity.generate();
const webAuthnIdentity = await WebAuthnIdentity.create();
The DelegationIdentity is typically generated using the @dfinity/auth-client package.
The PartialIdentity is not typically used directly, but is used by the DelegationIdentity and WebAuthnIdentity classes.
See @icp-sdk/core/identity/secp256k1 for more information.
Depending on your version, you may need to use a polyfill and set global.crypto in a setup file. If you prefer, you can also pass in a subtleCrypto implementation in methods that call for it, either as a direct argument, or in a cryptoOptions object.
Additional API Documentation can be found here.
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JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage identity with the Internet Computer
The npm package @dfinity/identity receives a total of 59,397 weekly downloads. As such, @dfinity/identity popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @dfinity/identity demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 11 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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