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@dfinity/identity
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JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage identity with the Internet Computer
JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage Identities and enable simple Web Authentication flows for applications on the Internet Computer
Visit the Dfinity Forum and SDK Documentation for more information and support building on the Internet Computer.
Additional API Documentation can be found here.
Using authentication:
npm i --save @dfinity/identity
import * as identity from "@dfinity/identity";
or using individual exports:
import { WebAuthnIdentity } from "@dfinity/identity";
Using an ECDSAKeyIdentity
, you can now use the native Web Crypto API to manage your keys in agent-js
. ECDSAKeyIdentity
uses the crypto.subtle interface under the hood, and wraps the conventions for managing identities in the same way as other identities in this package.
Importantly, there is no importing from a private key or from JSON for this library. This should be used only in secure contexts, and you should only in rare circumstances interact directly with the KeyPair or CryptoKeys involved. Importantly, your CryptoKeys can be used in IndexedDb and can be created as extractable
or non-extractable
for enhanced security properties.
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.
Note: depends on @dfinity/agent
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JavaScript and TypeScript library to manage identity with the Internet Computer
The npm package @dfinity/identity receives a total of 11,400 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 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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