Class: User

key/User~User(userPacket, mainKey)

Class that represents an user ID or attribute packet and the relevant signatures.

Constructor

new User(userPacket, mainKey)

Parameters:
Name Type Description
userPacket UserIDPacket | UserAttributePacket

packet containing the user info

mainKey Key

reference to main Key object containing the primary key and subkeys that the user is associated with

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Methods

(async) certify(signingKeys, dateopt, config) → {Promise.<User>}

Generate third-party certifications over this user and its primary key

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
signingKeys Array.<PrivateKey>

Decrypted private keys for signing

date Date <optional>

Date to use as creation date of the certificate, instead of the current time

config Object

Full configuration

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Returns:

New user with new certifications.

Type
Promise.<User>

clone() → {User}

Shallow clone

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Returns:
Type
User

(async) isRevoked(certificate, keyPacketopt, dateopt, config) → {Promise.<Boolean>}

Checks if a given certificate of the user is revoked

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
certificate SignaturePacket

The certificate to verify

keyPacket PublicSubkeyPacket | SecretSubkeyPacket | PublicKeyPacket | SecretKeyPacket <optional>

The key packet to verify the signature, instead of the primary key

date Date <optional>

Use the given date for verification instead of the current time

config Object

Full configuration

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Returns:

True if the certificate is revoked.

Type
Promise.<Boolean>

(async) revoke(primaryKey, reasonForRevocation, date, configopt) → {Promise.<User>}

Revokes the user

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
primaryKey SecretKeyPacket

decrypted private primary key for revocation

reasonForRevocation Object

optional, object indicating the reason for revocation

Properties
Name Type Description
flag module:enums.reasonForRevocation

optional, flag indicating the reason for revocation

string String

optional, string explaining the reason for revocation

date Date

optional, override the creationtime of the revocation signature

config Object <optional>

Full configuration, defaults to openpgp.config

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Returns:

New user with revocation signature.

Type
Promise.<User>

toPacketList() → {PacketList}

Transforms structured user data to packetlist

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Returns:
Type
PacketList

(async) update(sourceUser, date, config) → {Promise.<undefined>}

Update user with new components from specified user

Parameters:
Name Type Description
sourceUser User

Source user to merge

date Date

Date to verify the validity of signatures

config Object

Full configuration

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Returns:
Type
Promise.<undefined>

(async) verify(date, config) → {Promise.<true>}

Verify User. Checks for existence of self signatures, revocation signatures and validity of self signature.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
date Date

Use the given date instead of the current time

config Object

Full configuration

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Throws:

if there are no valid self signatures.

Type
Error
Returns:

Status of user.

Type
Promise.<true>

(async) verifyAllCertifications(verificationKeys, dateopt, config) → {Promise.<Array.<{keyID: module:type/keyid~KeyID, valid: (Boolean|null)}>>}

Verifies all user certificates

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
verificationKeys Array.<PublicKey>

Array of keys to verify certificate signatures

date Date <optional>

Use the given date instead of the current time

config Object

Full configuration

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Returns:

List of signer's keyID and validity of signature. Signature validity is null if the verification keys do not correspond to the certificate.

Type
Promise.<Array.<{keyID: module:type/keyid~KeyID, valid: (Boolean|null)}>>

(async) verifyCertificate(certificate, verificationKeys, dateopt, config) → {Promise.<(true|null)>}

Verifies the user certificate.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
certificate SignaturePacket

A certificate of this user

verificationKeys Array.<PublicKey>

Array of keys to verify certificate signatures

date Date <optional>

Use the given date instead of the current time

config Object

Full configuration

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Throws:

if the user certificate is invalid.

Returns:

true if the certificate could be verified, or null if the verification keys do not correspond to the certificate

Type
Promise.<(true|null)>