CryptoLearn API

REST API Server used in CryptoLearn web application for Block Mining and Keys Sign-Verify.

The project is built with NodeJS and Express using Routers.
Mining is achived with crypto-js SHA256 cryptographic function and Keys are done with elliptic secp256k1 curve.

The server is hosted on render.com and can be accessed @ https://cryptolearn-api.herokuapp.com/

How to run locally

To run the server on your machine, clone this repo https://github.com/birkagal/cryptolearn-api.git

Open terminal window at the project directory an run

npm install

You can change the port variable at the server.js file.
To run the server, use

npm start

TODO

• Add difficulty control functionality.

REST API

The CryptoLearn REST API is described below.

Get Server Description

GET /

{
"description":"This is REST API Server used for birkagal.github.io/cryptolearn",
"github":"https://github.com/birkagal/cryptolearn-api",
"client_github":"https://github.com/birkagal/cryptolearn"
}

Mine Data

GET /mine/:data/:difficulty?
Data is parameter for the string of data to be mined.
Difficulty is parameter for the number of leading zeroes to be mined. Default value is 4. To limit server usage, maximum value is 7.

{
"hash":"0000f727854b50bb95c054b39c1fe5c92e5ebcfa4bcb5dc279f56aa96a365e5a",
"nonce":72608
}

Response is an object containing mined hash and nonce value.

Get Private Key

GET /key/getpriv

Private key value from the server.

{
"key":"62bc0c158a5f4ff71d14527575a624dac19b976c969a848636664d62447cd2e6"
}

Get Public Key

GET /key/getpub

Public key value from the server.

{
"key":"04b5b329b96674d788eb0bbcf6d68a155e5fb81d38af73b17da2c8f6f82f632d798ddfc9bd44d1bed68616cf87f08e92b6995a1f9cc7a5a13cfa3c5c3afc70fd82"
}

Update Server's Key-Pair

GET /key/update/:key
Key is parameter for the new private key to generate key-pair from.

{
"priv":"62bc0c158a5f4ff71d14527575a624dac19b976c969a848636664d62447cd2e6"
}

Response is the given private key, updating key-pair at the server.

Sign Data

GET /key/sign/:data
Data is the data to be signed.

{
"signature":"30450220789616313f84292670371737ecdbde5ccd31225caf7e1ba1b818c00e090d92e80221009903b6bfd1dd83f3e0f6ae0406867aa1ed94448913347dc69b69dfcc0924e896"
}

Response is the signature of the signed data.

Verify Data Signature

GET /key/verify/:pub/:signature/:data
Pub is the public key to use in verification.
Signature is the data signature to be verified.
Data is the signed data to use in verification.

{
"status":true
}

Response is true/false boolean.

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Gal Birka - birkagal@gmail.com
Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for more information.