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libp2p-crypto

The libp2p crypto primitives, for Node.js and the Browser!

0.21.2

NOASSERTION

TypeScript

320.46 kB

3.8

Installations

npm install libp2p-crypto

Developer Guide

BETA

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Yes

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CommonJS, UMD

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>=12.0.0

Node Version

16.13.0

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7.24.2 Pull Requests

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6

Total

250

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85

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159

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Open

22

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72

Closed

50

Releases

v1.0.17

Updated on May 05, 2023

v1.0.16

Updated on May 05, 2023

v1.0.15

Updated on Apr 04, 2023

v1.0.14

Updated on Mar 10, 2023

v1.0.13

Updated on Mar 10, 2023

v1.0.12

Updated on Feb 08, 2023

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TypeScript

JavaScript

TypeScript (90.57%)

JavaScript (9.43%)

Developer

libp2p

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78 Stars

473 Commits

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21 Watchers

14 Branches

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Updated on Jul 17, 2025

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Latest Version

0.21.2

Package Id

libp2p-crypto@0.21.2

Unpacked Size

320.46 kB

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92.08 kB

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7.24.2

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16.13.0

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Dependencies

@noble/ed25519 @noble/secp256k1 err-code iso-random-stream multiformats node-forge protobufjs uint8arrays

Dev Dependencies

@types/mocha aegir benchmark sinon util

js-libp2p-crypto

Crypto primitives for libp2p in JavaScript

This repo contains the JavaScript implementation of the crypto primitives needed for libp2p. This is based on this go implementation.

Lead Maintainer

Jacob Heun

js-libp2p-crypto

Install

1npm install --save libp2p-crypto

Usage

1const crypto = require('libp2p-crypto')
2
3// Now available to you:
4//
5// crypto.aes
6// crypto.hmac
7// crypto.keys
8// etc.
9//
10// See full API details below...

Web Crypto API

The libp2p-crypto library depends on the Web Crypto API in the browser. Web Crypto is available in all modern browsers, however browsers restrict its usage to Secure Contexts.

This means you will not be able to use some libp2p-crypto functions in the browser when the page is served over HTTP. To enable the Web Crypto API and allow libp2p-crypto to work fully, please serve your page over HTTPS.

API

`crypto.aes`

Exposes an interface to AES encryption (formerly Rijndael), as defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 197.

This uses CTR mode.

`crypto.aes.create(key, iv)`

key: Uint8Array The key, if length 16 then AES 128 is used. For length 32, AES 256 is used.
iv: Uint8Array Must have length 16.

Returns Promise<{decrypt<Function>, encrypt<Function>}>

`decrypt(data)`

data: Uint8Array

Returns Promise<Uint8Array>

`encrypt(data)`

data: Uint8Array

Returns Promise<Uint8Array>

1const crypto = require('libp2p-crypto')
2
3// Setting up Key and IV
4
5// A 16 bytes array, 128 Bits, AES-128 is chosen
6const key128 = Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15])
7
8// A 16 bytes array, 128 Bits,
9const IV = Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15])
10
11async function main () {
12  const decryptedMessage = 'Hello, world!'
13
14  // Encrypting
15  const cipher = await crypto.aes.create(key128, IV)
16  const encryptedBuffer = await cipher.encrypt(Uint8Array.from(decryptedMessage))
17  console.log(encryptedBuffer)
18  // prints: <Uint8Array 42 f1 67 d9 2e 42 d0 32 9e b1 f8 3c>
19
20  // Decrypting
21  const decipher = await crypto.aes.create(key128, IV)
22  const decryptedBuffer = await cipher.decrypt(encryptedBuffer)
23
24  console.log(decryptedBuffer)
25  // prints: <Uint8Array 42 f1 67 d9 2e 42 d0 32 9e b1 f8 3c>
26
27  console.log(decryptedBuffer.toString('utf-8'))
28  // prints: Hello, world!
29}
30
31main()

`crypto.hmac`

Exposes an interface to the Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) as defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 198. An HMAC is a cryptographic hash that uses a key to sign a message. The receiver verifies the hash by recomputing it using the same key.

`crypto.hmac.create(hash, secret)`

hash: String
secret: Uint8Array

Returns Promise<{digest<Function>}>

`digest(data)`

data: Uint8Array

Returns Promise<Uint8Array>

Example:

1const crypto = require('libp2p-crypto')
2
3async function main () {
4  const hash = 'SHA1' // 'SHA256' || 'SHA512'
5  const hmac = await crypto.hmac.create(hash, uint8ArrayFromString('secret'))
6  const sig = await hmac.digest(uint8ArrayFromString('hello world'))
7  console.log(sig)
8}
9
10main()

`crypto.keys`

Supported Key Types

The generateKeyPair, marshalPublicKey, and marshalPrivateKey functions accept a string type argument.

Currently the 'RSA', 'ed25519', and secp256k1 types are supported, although ed25519 and secp256k1 keys support only signing and verification of messages. For encryption / decryption support, RSA keys should be used.

`crypto.keys.generateKeyPair(type, bits)`

type: String, see Supported Key Types above.
bits: Number Minimum of 1024

Returns Promise<{privateKey<Uint8Array>, publicKey<Uint8Array>}>

Generates a keypair of the given type and bitsize.

`crypto.keys.generateEphemeralKeyPair(curve)`

curve: String, one of 'P-256', 'P-384', 'P-521' is currently supported

Returns Promise

Generates an ephemeral public key and returns a function that will compute the shared secret key.

Focuses only on ECDH now, but can be made more general in the future.

Resolves to an object of the form:

1{
2  key: Uint8Array,
3  genSharedKey: Function
4}

`crypto.keys.keyStretcher(cipherType, hashType, secret)`

cipherType: String, one of 'AES-128', 'AES-256', 'Blowfish'
hashType: String, one of 'SHA1', SHA256, SHA512
secret: Uint8Array

Returns Promise

Generates a set of keys for each party by stretching the shared key.

Resolves to an object of the form:

1{
2  k1: {
3    iv: Uint8Array,
4    cipherKey: Uint8Array,
5    macKey: Uint8Array
6  },
7  k2: {
8    iv: Uint8Array,
9    cipherKey: Uint8Array,
10    macKey: Uint8Array
11  }
12}

`crypto.keys.marshalPublicKey(key, [type])`

key: keys.rsa.RsaPublicKey | keys.ed25519.Ed25519PublicKey | keys.secp256k1.Secp256k1PublicKey
type: String, see Supported Key Types above. Defaults to 'rsa'.

Returns Uint8Array

Converts a public key object into a protobuf serialized public key.

`crypto.keys.unmarshalPublicKey(buf)`

buf: Uint8Array

Returns RsaPublicKey|Ed25519PublicKey|Secp256k1PublicKey

Converts a protobuf serialized public key into its representative object.

`crypto.keys.marshalPrivateKey(key, [type])`

key: keys.rsa.RsaPrivateKey | keys.ed25519.Ed25519PrivateKey | keys.secp256k1.Secp256k1PrivateKey
type: String, see Supported Key Types above.

Returns Uint8Array

Converts a private key object into a protobuf serialized private key.

`crypto.keys.unmarshalPrivateKey(buf)`

buf: Uint8Array

Returns Promise<RsaPrivateKey|Ed25519PrivateKey|Secp256k1PrivateKey>

Converts a protobuf serialized private key into its representative object.

`crypto.keys.import(encryptedKey, password)`

encryptedKey: string
password: string

Returns Promise<PrivateKey>

Converts an exported private key into its representative object. Supported formats are 'pem' (RSA only) and 'libp2p-key'.

`privateKey.export(password, format)`

password: string
format: string the format to export to: 'pem' (rsa only), 'libp2p-key'

Returns string

Exports the password protected PrivateKey. RSA keys will be exported as password protected PEM by default. Ed25519 and Secp256k1 keys will be exported as password protected AES-GCM base64 encoded strings ('libp2p-key' format).

`crypto.randomBytes(number)`

number: Number

Returns Uint8Array

Generates a Uint8Array with length number populated by random bytes.

`crypto.pbkdf2(password, salt, iterations, keySize, hash)`

password: String
salt: String
iterations: Number
keySize: Number in bytes
hash: String the hashing algorithm ('sha1', 'sha2-512', ...)

Computes the Password Based Key Derivation Function 2; returning a new password.

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Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an issue!

This repository falls under the IPFS Code of Conduct.

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crypto.aes

crypto.aes.create(key, iv)

decrypt(data)

encrypt(data)

crypto.hmac

crypto.hmac.create(hash, secret)

digest(data)

crypto.keys

crypto.keys.generateKeyPair(type, bits)

crypto.keys.generateEphemeralKeyPair(curve)

crypto.keys.keyStretcher(cipherType, hashType, secret)

crypto.keys.marshalPublicKey(key, [type])

crypto.keys.unmarshalPublicKey(buf)

crypto.keys.marshalPrivateKey(key, [type])

crypto.keys.unmarshalPrivateKey(buf)

crypto.keys.import(encryptedKey, password)

privateKey.export(password, format)

crypto.randomBytes(number)

crypto.pbkdf2(password, salt, iterations, keySize, hash)

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`crypto.aes`

`crypto.aes.create(key, iv)`

`decrypt(data)`

`encrypt(data)`

`crypto.hmac`

`crypto.hmac.create(hash, secret)`

`digest(data)`

`crypto.keys`

`crypto.keys.generateKeyPair(type, bits)`

`crypto.keys.generateEphemeralKeyPair(curve)`

`crypto.keys.keyStretcher(cipherType, hashType, secret)`

`crypto.keys.marshalPublicKey(key, [type])`

`crypto.keys.unmarshalPublicKey(buf)`

`crypto.keys.marshalPrivateKey(key, [type])`

`crypto.keys.unmarshalPrivateKey(buf)`

`crypto.keys.import(encryptedKey, password)`

`privateKey.export(password, format)`

`crypto.randomBytes(number)`

`crypto.pbkdf2(password, salt, iterations, keySize, hash)`