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-rwxr-xr-xqa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py1
-rwxr-xr-xqa/rpc-tests/signmessages.py40
-rw-r--r--src/rpc/misc.cpp43
3 files changed, 84 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
index c0637209e3..26142c35e9 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ testScripts = [
'abandonconflict.py',
'p2p-versionbits-warning.py',
'importprunedfunds.py',
+ 'signmessages.py'
]
if ENABLE_ZMQ:
testScripts.append('zmq_test.py')
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/signmessages.py b/qa/rpc-tests/signmessages.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ff22f35300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/signmessages.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# Copyright (c) 2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import *
+
+
+class SignMessagesTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
+ """Tests RPC commands for signing and verifying messages."""
+
+ def setup_chain(self):
+ print('Initializing test directory ' + self.options.tmpdir)
+ initialize_chain_clean(self.options.tmpdir, 1)
+
+ def setup_network(self, split=False):
+ self.nodes = start_nodes(1, self.options.tmpdir)
+ self.is_network_split = False
+
+ def run_test(self):
+ message = 'This is just a test message'
+
+ # Test the signing with a privkey
+ privKey = 'cUeKHd5orzT3mz8P9pxyREHfsWtVfgsfDjiZZBcjUBAaGk1BTj7N'
+ address = 'mpLQjfK79b7CCV4VMJWEWAj5Mpx8Up5zxB'
+ signature = self.nodes[0].signmessagewithprivkey(privKey, message)
+
+ # Verify the message
+ assert(self.nodes[0].verifymessage(address, signature, message))
+
+ # Test the signing with an address with wallet
+ address = self.nodes[0].getnewaddress()
+ signature = self.nodes[0].signmessage(address, message)
+
+ # Verify the message
+ assert(self.nodes[0].verifymessage(address, signature, message))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ SignMessagesTest().main()
diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
index e8a099b445..09f5185781 100644
--- a/src/rpc/misc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,48 @@ UniValue verifymessage(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
return (pubkey.GetID() == keyID);
}
+UniValue signmessagewithprivkey(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+ if (fHelp || params.size() != 2)
+ throw runtime_error(
+ "signmessagewithprivkey \"privkey\" \"message\"\n"
+ "\nSign a message with the private key of an address\n"
+ "\nArguments:\n"
+ "1. \"privkey\" (string, required) The private key to sign the message with.\n"
+ "2. \"message\" (string, required) The message to create a signature of.\n"
+ "\nResult:\n"
+ "\"signature\" (string) The signature of the message encoded in base 64\n"
+ "\nExamples:\n"
+ "\nCreate the signature\n"
+ + HelpExampleCli("signmessagewithprivkey", "\"privkey\" \"my message\"") +
+ "\nVerify the signature\n"
+ + HelpExampleCli("verifymessage", "\"1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ\" \"signature\" \"my message\"") +
+ "\nAs json rpc\n"
+ + HelpExampleRpc("signmessagewithprivkey", "\"privkey\", \"my message\"")
+ );
+
+ string strPrivkey = params[0].get_str();
+ string strMessage = params[1].get_str();
+
+ CBitcoinSecret vchSecret;
+ bool fGood = vchSecret.SetString(strPrivkey);
+ if (!fGood)
+ throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Invalid private key");
+ CKey key = vchSecret.GetKey();
+ if (!key.IsValid())
+ throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Private key outside allowed range");
+
+ CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, 0);
+ ss << strMessageMagic;
+ ss << strMessage;
+
+ vector<unsigned char> vchSig;
+ if (!key.SignCompact(ss.GetHash(), vchSig))
+ throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Sign failed");
+
+ return EncodeBase64(&vchSig[0], vchSig.size());
+}
+
UniValue setmocktime(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
{
if (fHelp || params.size() != 1)
@@ -404,6 +446,7 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
{ "util", "validateaddress", &validateaddress, true }, /* uses wallet if enabled */
{ "util", "createmultisig", &createmultisig, true },
{ "util", "verifymessage", &verifymessage, true },
+ { "util", "signmessagewithprivkey", &signmessagewithprivkey, true },
/* Not shown in help */
{ "hidden", "setmocktime", &setmocktime, true },