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Signed-off-by: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
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51 lines
1.6 KiB
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Using gpgme.js
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At first, make sure that the environment you want to use gpgme.js in has access
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and permissions for nativeMessaging, and gpgme-json installed. For details,
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see the README.
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The library itself is started via the {@link init} method. This will test the
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nativeMessaging connection, and then resolve into an Object offering
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the top level API:
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* [encrypt]{@link GpgME#encrypt}
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* [decrypt]{@link GpgME#decrypt}
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* [sign]{@link GpgME#sign}
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* [verify]{@link GpgME#verify}
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* [Keyring]{@link GPGME_Keyring}
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```
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gpgmejs.init()
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.then(function(GPGME) {
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// using GPGME
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}, function(error){
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// error handling;
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})
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```
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All methods that require communication with nativeMessaging are asynchronous,
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using Promises. Rejections will be instances of {@link GPGME_Error}.
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An exaeption are Keys, which can be initialized in a 'sync' mode, allowing them
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to be cached and used synchronously until manually refreshed.
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Keyring and Keys
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The gnupg keys can be accessed via the [Keyring]{@link GPGME_Keyring}.
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The Keyring offers the methods for accessing information on all Keys known to
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gnupg.
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**Due to security constraints, the javascript-binding currently only offers
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limited support for secret-Key interaction.**
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The existence of secret Keys is not secret, and those secret Keys can be used
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for signing, but Operations that may expose, modify or delete secret Keys are
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not supported.
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* [getKeysArmored]{@link GPGME_Keyring#getKeysArmored}
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* [getKeys]{@link GPGME_Keyring#getKeys}
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* [getDefaultKey]{@link GPGME_Keyring#getDefaultKey}
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* [generateKey]{@link GPGME_Keyring#generateKey}
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* [deleteKey]{@link GPGME_Keyring#deleteKey}
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