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@tradle/identity
Advanced tools
lightweight identity with an arbitrary property set and an arbitrary collection of EC keys. Compliant with Openname spec.
this module is used by Tradle
var midentity = require('midentity')
var Identity = midentity.Identity
var AddressBook = midentity.AddressBook
var Keys = require('kiki').Keys
var ted = new Identity()
.name({
firstName: 'Ted',
middleName: 'Theodore',
lastName: 'Logan',
formatted: 'Ted Theodore Logan'
})
.location({
country: 'USA',
region: 'California',
city: 'San Dimas',
street: '666 Wyld Stallyns Dr',
postalCode: 666,
formatted: '666 Wyld Stallyns Dr, San Dimas, California'
})
.summary('Bill\'s best friend')
.addPhoto({
type: 'headshot',
url: 'http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-9/keanu-reeves-bill-and-ted.jpg'
})
.addWebsite({
url: 'wyldstallyns.com'
})
.addContact({
type: 'skype',
identifier: 'somebodyelse'
})
// Add keys manually
var keys = [
Keys.EC.gen({
purpose: 'sign'
}),
Keys.Bitcoin.gen({
purpose: 'data',
networkName: 'bitcoin',
label: 'most excellent key'
}),
Keys.Bitcoin.gen({
purpose: 'payment',
networkName: 'testnet',
label: 'most triumphant key'
})
]
// Or add the default set of keys like so:
var keys = defaultKeySet({
networkName: 'testnet'
})
keys.forEach(ted.addKey, ted)
var addressBook = new AddressBook()
addressBook.addIndex({ name: 'label', unique: true })
addressBook.addIndex({ name: 'networkName', unique: false })
addressBook.add(ted)
var keyMatch = addressBook.byKey(ted.keys()[0])
var labelMatch = addressBook.byLabel('most triumphant key')
var networkMatch = addressBook.byNetwork('testnet')
var priv = ted.toJSON()
{
"_t": "tradle.Identity",
"contact": [
{
"identifier": "somebodyelse",
"type": "skype"
}
],
"location": {
"city": "San Dimas",
"country": "USA",
"formatted": "666 Wyld Stallyns Dr, San Dimas, California",
"postalCode": 666,
"region": "California",
"street": "666 Wyld Stallyns Dr"
},
"name": {
"firstName": "Ted",
"formatted": "Ted Theodore Logan",
"lastName": "Logan",
"middleName": "Theodore"
},
"photos": [
{
"type": "headshot",
"url": "http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/images-9/keanu-reeves-bill-and-ted.jpg"
}
],
"pubkeys": [
{
"curve": "secp256k1",
"fingerprint": "f96c58d3b1ba077d342956cebe29e0a3a2e308b08e6e04615bbfa29ba24666c3",
"priv": "0f7448f5e2988ccbe16c238433b06005a529f074942d691af04b537851f27497",
"type": "ec",
"value": "024484b39afb8f4c177b53e05ae14d4294f4b971e69fcb7cca239d2436230d0b6c"
},
{
"fingerprint": "1M5ZYub5SJ7qHxhcGmApu1yXtPw132NnLq",
"label": "blah",
"networkName": "bitcoin",
"priv": "L5KGsDzVDy1mqdRcSp76UvexieTfqmSfcnUmaoHscZWAAWbVLySj",
"type": "bitcoin",
"value": "029ccebc79422477be278cd27efa396d619484680f230d7502f7bc3ff567e78db8"
},
{
"fingerprint": "mfZ8zdJ7Nu4TJah3fE9FNkvjpVvfHZiZy2",
"label": "yo!",
"networkName": "testnet",
"priv": "cPZdnDZ2dmV9Yk97siHjcUiybxBBKZb1NZLdXURFZ14DMtS9KRjq",
"type": "bitcoin",
"value": "02bbce019ff2392e6e39e7728a27394a29856bce59f7db645ca846d896914571eb"
}
],
"summary": "Bill's best friend",
"v": "0.3",
"websites": [
{
"url": "wyldstallyns.com"
}
]
}
// export & recover
ted = Identity.fromJSON(ted.toJSON())
FAQs
identity on the tradle network
We found that @tradle/identity demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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