signature.go raw
1 //go:build !libsecp256k1
2
3 package nostr
4
5 import (
6 "crypto/sha256"
7 "encoding/hex"
8 "fmt"
9
10 "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2"
11 "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec/v2/schnorr"
12 )
13
14 // CheckSignature checks if the event signature is valid for the given event.
15 // It won't look at the ID field, instead it will recompute the id from the entire event body.
16 // If the signature is invalid bool will be false and err will be set.
17 func (evt Event) CheckSignature() (bool, error) {
18 // read and check pubkey
19 pk, err := hex.DecodeString(evt.PubKey)
20 if err != nil {
21 return false, fmt.Errorf("event pubkey '%s' is invalid hex: %w", evt.PubKey, err)
22 }
23
24 pubkey, err := schnorr.ParsePubKey(pk)
25 if err != nil {
26 return false, fmt.Errorf("event has invalid pubkey '%s': %w", evt.PubKey, err)
27 }
28
29 // read signature
30 s, err := hex.DecodeString(evt.Sig)
31 if err != nil {
32 return false, fmt.Errorf("signature '%s' is invalid hex: %w", evt.Sig, err)
33 }
34 sig, err := schnorr.ParseSignature(s)
35 if err != nil {
36 return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse signature: %w", err)
37 }
38
39 // check signature
40 hash := sha256.Sum256(evt.Serialize())
41 return sig.Verify(hash[:], pubkey), nil
42 }
43
44 // Sign signs an event with a given privateKey.
45 // It sets the event's ID, PubKey, and Sig fields.
46 // Returns an error if the private key is invalid or if signing fails.
47 func (evt *Event) Sign(secretKey string) error {
48 s, err := hex.DecodeString(secretKey)
49 if err != nil {
50 return fmt.Errorf("Sign called with invalid secret key '%s': %w", secretKey, err)
51 }
52
53 if evt.Tags == nil {
54 evt.Tags = make(Tags, 0)
55 }
56
57 sk, pk := btcec.PrivKeyFromBytes(s)
58 pkBytes := pk.SerializeCompressed()
59 evt.PubKey = hex.EncodeToString(pkBytes[1:])
60
61 h := sha256.Sum256(evt.Serialize())
62 sig, err := schnorr.Sign(sk, h[:], schnorr.FastSign())
63 if err != nil {
64 return err
65 }
66
67 evt.ID = hex.EncodeToString(h[:])
68 evt.Sig = hex.EncodeToString(sig.Serialize())
69
70 return nil
71 }
72