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diff --git a/whisper/main.go b/whisper/main.go
index 9f35dbb8d..643644ee6 100644
--- a/whisper/main.go
+++ b/whisper/main.go
@@ -1,37 +1,90 @@
// +build none
+// Contains a simple whisper peer setup and self messaging to allow playing
+// around with the protocol and API without a fancy client implementation.
+
package main
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
+ "time"
- "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto/secp256k1"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/nat"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/whisper"
)
func main() {
logger.AddLogSystem(logger.NewStdLogSystem(os.Stdout, log.LstdFlags, logger.InfoLevel))
- pub, _ := secp256k1.GenerateKeyPair()
-
- whisper := whisper.New()
+ // Generate the peer identity
+ key, err := crypto.GenerateKey()
+ if err != nil {
+ fmt.Printf("Failed to generate peer key: %v.\n", err)
+ os.Exit(-1)
+ }
+ name := common.MakeName("whisper-go", "1.0")
+ shh := whisper.New()
- srv := p2p.Server{
+ // Create an Ethereum peer to communicate through
+ server := p2p.Server{
+ PrivateKey: key,
MaxPeers: 10,
- Identity: p2p.NewSimpleClientIdentity("whisper-go", "1.0", "", string(pub)),
+ Name: name,
+ Protocols: []p2p.Protocol{shh.Protocol()},
ListenAddr: ":30300",
- NAT: p2p.UPNP(),
-
- Protocols: []p2p.Protocol{whisper.Protocol()},
+ NAT: nat.Any(),
}
- if err := srv.Start(); err != nil {
- fmt.Println("could not start server:", err)
+ fmt.Println("Starting Ethereum peer...")
+ if err := server.Start(); err != nil {
+ fmt.Printf("Failed to start Ethereum peer: %v.\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
- select {}
+ // Send a message to self to check that something works
+ payload := fmt.Sprintf("Hello world, this is %v. In case you're wondering, the time is %v", name, time.Now())
+ if err := selfSend(shh, []byte(payload)); err != nil {
+ fmt.Printf("Failed to self message: %v.\n", err)
+ os.Exit(-1)
+ }
+}
+
+// SendSelf wraps a payload into a Whisper envelope and forwards it to itself.
+func selfSend(shh *whisper.Whisper, payload []byte) error {
+ ok := make(chan struct{})
+
+ // Start watching for self messages, output any arrivals
+ id := shh.NewIdentity()
+ shh.Watch(whisper.Filter{
+ To: &id.PublicKey,
+ Fn: func(msg *whisper.Message) {
+ fmt.Printf("Message received: %s, signed with 0x%x.\n", string(msg.Payload), msg.Signature)
+ close(ok)
+ },
+ })
+ // Wrap the payload and encrypt it
+ msg := whisper.NewMessage(payload)
+ envelope, err := msg.Seal(whisper.DefaultPow, whisper.Opts{
+ Ttl: whisper.DefaultTtl,
+ From: id,
+ To: &id.PublicKey,
+ })
+ if err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("failed to seal message: %v", err)
+ }
+ // Dump the message into the system and wait for it to pop back out
+ if err := shh.Send(envelope); err != nil {
+ return fmt.Errorf("failed to send self-message: %v", err)
+ }
+ select {
+ case <-ok:
+ case <-time.After(time.Second):
+ return fmt.Errorf("failed to receive message in time")
+ }
+ return nil
}