Installation and usage of the platform
REST API: signing and validating messages in the blockchain¶
The following methods of the addresses
group are provided for signing and validating messages:
POST /addresses/sign/{address}¶
The method signs the string passed in the message
field with the addressee {address}
private key and then serializes it in base58 format.
The method returns the serialized string, the addressee’s public key and signature in the response.
Examples of a query and a response:
POST /addresses/verify/{address}¶
The method checks the signature of the message made by the {address}
.
Examples of a query and a response:
POST /addresses/signText/{address}¶
The method signs the string passed in the message
field with the private key of an {address}
. Unlike the POST /`addresses/sign/{address}
method, the string is passed in the original format.
Examples of a query and a response:
POST /addresses/verifyText/{address}¶
Checks the signature of the message made by the {address}
via the POST method /addresses/signText/{address}
.
Examples of a query and a response: