// DecodePrivateKey is a helper to decode the users PrivateKey
func (i *Identity) DecodePrivateKey(passphrase string) (ic.PrivKey, error) {
pkb, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(i.PrivKey)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// currently storing key unencrypted. in the future we need to encrypt it.
// TODO(security)
return ic.UnmarshalPrivateKey(pkb)
}
func IdentityFromKey(privkey []byte) (config.Identity, error) {
ident := config.Identity{}
sk, err := libp2p.UnmarshalPrivateKey(privkey)
if err != nil {
return ident, err
}
skbytes, err := sk.Bytes()
if err != nil {
return ident, err
}
ident.PrivKey = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(skbytes)
id, err := peer.IDFromPublicKey(sk.GetPublic())
if err != nil {
return ident, err
}
ident.PeerID = id.Pretty()
return ident, nil
}