Ruby-GPGME
Description
Ruby-GPGME is a Ruby language binding of GPGME (GnuPG Made Easy).
GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME) is a library designed to make access to GnuPG easier for applications. It provides a High-Level Crypto API for encryption, decryption, signing, signature verification and key management.
Requirements
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Ruby 1.8 or later
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GPGME 1.1.2 or later
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gpg-agent (optional, but recommended)
Installation
$ gem install ruby-gpgme
or
$ ruby extconf.rb
$ make
$ make install
Examples
examples/genkey.rb Generate a key pair in your keyring.
examples/keylist.rb List your keyring like gpg --list-keys.
examples/roundtrip.rb Encrypt a plain text and then decrypt it.
examples/sign.rb Create a clear text signature.
examples/verify.rb Verify a clear text signature given from stdin.
API
Ruby-GPGME provides three levels of API. The highest level API is close to the command line interface of GnuPG. The mid level API looks object-oriented (or rubyish). The lowest level API is close to the C interface of GPGME.
The highest level API
For example, to create a cleartext signature of the plaintext from stdin and write the result to stdout can be written as follows.
$ ruby -rgpgme -e 'GPGME.clearsign($stdin, $stdout)'
The mid level API
The same example can be rewritten in the mid level API as follows.
$ ruby -rgpgme -e <<End
ctx = GPGME::Ctx.new
plain = GPGME::Data.from_io($stdin)
sig = GPGME::Data.from_io($stdout)
ctx.sign(plain, sig, GPGME::SIG_MODE_CLEAR)
End
The lowest level API
The same example can be rewritten in the lowest level API as follows.
$ ruby -rgpgme -e <<End
ret = Array.new
GPGME::gpgme_new(ret)
ctx = ret.shift
GPGME::gpgme_data_new_from_fd(ret, 0)
plain = ret.shift
GPGME::gpgme_data_new_from_fd(ret, 1)
sig = ret.shift
GPGME::gpgme_op_sign(ctx, plain, sig, GPGME::SIG_MODE_CLEAR)
End
As you see, it’s much harder to write a program in this API than the highest level API. However, if you are already familier with the C interface of GPGME and want to control detailed behavior of GPGME, it might be useful.
License
The library itself is licensed under LGPLv2.1+. See the file COPYING.LESSER and each file for copyright and warranty information.