Crypto.rb

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require 'openssl'
require 'base64'

class Crypto

  @@publicKey = ""
  @@privateKey = ""
  @@keyObj = ""

  # function takes encryption type and generate public and private key
  def Crypto.generateKeys(encryption)

    puts "generting #{encryption} key"

    if(encryption == "rsa")

      key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new(2048)
      @@keyObj = key
      @@publicKey = key.public_key
      @@privateKey = key.to_pem
    else

      key = OpenSSL::PKey::EC.new("secp256k1")
      key.generate_key
      @@keyObj = key
      # extracting public key from keypair object
      pub = OpenSSL::PKey::EC.new(key.public_key.group)
      pub.public_key = key.public_key
      
      # converting public and private key to PEM format
      @@publicKey = pub.to_pem
      @@privateKey = key.to_pem
    end

  end

  # function takes a transaction and returns the signature
  def Crypto.signTransaction(transaction)

    signature = getKeyObject.sign(OpenSSL::Digest::SHA256.new, transaction)

    return signature
  end

  def Crypto.base64Encoding(data)
    return Base64.encode64(data)
  end

  def Crypto.getPublicKey
    return @@publicKey
  end

  def Crypto.getPrivateKey
    return @@privateKey
  end

  def Crypto.getKeyObject
    return @@keyObj
  end


end