This project is no longer maintained and has been archived.

clj-multihash =============1

Clojure implementation of the Multihash spec

A Clojure library implementing the multihash standard. This provides an extensible, efficient binary representation for cryptographic hashes.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
  • Serialization
• Maintainers
• Contribute
• License

Install

Library releases are published on Clojars. To use the latest version with Leiningen, add the following dependency to your project definition:

Usage

The main focus of this library is the Multihash type, which serves as an immutable representation of the output digest for a specific hash algorithm. Multihashes are sortable, support metadata, and implement value-based equality and hash-code generation.

(require '[multihash.core :as multihash]
         '[multihash.digest :as digest])

; List the known hash functions:
=> (keys multihash/algorithm-codes)
(:sha1 :sha2-256 :sha2-512 :sha3 :blake2b :blake2s)

; Manually create a multihash value:
=> (multihash/create :sha1 "0f1e2d3c4b5a6978")
#<Multihash hash:sha1:0f1e2d3c4b5a6978>

; Or use one of the constructors for built-in Java implementations:
=> (keys digest/functions)
(:sha1 :sha2-256 :sha2-512)

=> (def mhash (digest/sha2-256 "foo bar baz"))
#'user/mhash

; Properties can be accessed using keyword lookups:
=> (:algorithm mhash)
:sha2-256
=> (:code mhash)
18
=> (:length mhash)
32 ; bytes

; :digest returns a *copy* of the digest bytes:
=> (:digest mhash)
#bin "29MYwcRiruhy9BEJpN/TBIhxoD3t0P4OdXztV9rW8tc="

Serialization

One of the appeals of the multihash standard is that it can be serialized without specifying an encoding for the resulting byte representation. This library provides several formats for multihashes:

; Multihashes render as URN-like strings:
=> (str mhash)
"hash:sha2-256:dbd318c1c462aee872f41109a4dfd3048871a03dedd0fe0e757ced57dad6f2d7"

; Directly encode a multihash into a byte array:
=> (multihash/encode mhash)
#bin "EiDb0xjBxGKu6HL0EQmk39MEiHGgPe3Q/g51fO1X2tby1w=="

; Read data to decode a multihash:
=> (= mhash (multihash/decode *1))
true

; Full hex encoding is supported:
=> (multihash/hex mhash)
"1220dbd318c1c462aee872f41109a4dfd3048871a03dedd0fe0e757ced57dad6f2d7"
=> (= mhash (multihash/decode *1))
true

; As is base58 (compatible with IPFS):
=> (multihash/base58 mhash)
"Qmd8kgzaFLGYtTS1zfF37qKGgYQd5yKcQMyBeSa8UkUz4W"
=> (= mhash (multihash/decode *1))
true

Decoding is implemented as a protocol, so it can be extended to other data source types as needed.

Maintainers

Captain: @greglook.

Contribute

Contributions welcome. Please check out the issues.

Check out our contributing document for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general. Please be aware that all interactions related to multiformats are subject to the IPFS Code of Conduct.

Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the standard-readme specification.

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. See the UNLICENSE file for more information.