Module: StarkCore::Key

Defined in:
lib/key.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.create(path = nil) ⇒ Object

# Generate a new key pair Generates a secp256k1 ECDSA private/public key pair to be used in the API authentications

## Parameters (optional):

  • path [string]: path to save the keys .pem files. No files will be saved if this parameter isn’t provided

## Return:

  • private and public key pems



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# File 'lib/key.rb', line 17

def self.create(path=nil)
  private_key = EllipticCurve::PrivateKey.new
  public_key = private_key.publicKey

  private_key_pem = private_key.toPem
  public_key_pem = public_key.toPem

  unless path.nil?
    FileUtils.mkdir_p(path)
    File.write(File.join(path, 'private.pem'), private_key_pem)
    File.write(File.join(path, 'public.pem'), public_key_pem)
  end

  [private_key_pem, public_key_pem]
end