// ConvertKey returns a B58 encoded Datastore key
// TODO: this is hacky because it encodes every path component. some
// path components may be proper strings already...
func (b58KeyConverter) ConvertKey(dsk ds.Key) ds.Key {
k := ds.NewKey("/")
for _, n := range dsk.Namespaces() {
k = k.ChildString(b58.Encode([]byte(n)))
}
return k
}
func Encode(encoding string, hash mh.Multihash) (string, error) {
switch encoding {
case "raw":
return string(hash), nil
case "hex":
return hex.EncodeToString(hash), nil
case "base58":
return base58.Encode(hash), nil
case "base64":
return base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(hash), nil
default:
return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown encoding: %s", encoding)
}
}
// MarshalJSON returns a JSON-encoded Key (string)
func (k *Key) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
return json.Marshal(b58.Encode([]byte(*k)))
}
// B58KeyEncode returns Key in a b58 encoded string
func B58KeyEncode(k Key) string {
return b58.Encode([]byte(k))
}
func (m Multihash) B58String() string {
return b58.Encode([]byte(m))
}