WEBID-PUBKEY-TOOLS

Javascript Node.JS tools to create RSA public and private keys, a WebId and authentication against a webid-pubkey server.

INSTALL

Need https://nodejs.org/en

USAGE

Create a public/private key

node bin/generate_keys.js <outdir>

Create a WebId document

node bin/make_webid.js <webid> <public-key>

• <webid> is the web location where this document will be stored as a JSON-LD file
  • E.g. http://your.domain/profile/id.jsonld
• <public-key> is the path to your public key file

Make authenticated requests against a webid-public key server

node bin/headers.js <priv-key> <webid> POST https://labs.eventnotifications.net/inbox/ example.jsonld

Issue a POST request

Use the headers from the previous command in a curl command:

curl -X POST <headers> -H 'Content-type: application/ld+json' --data-binary example.jsonld https://labs.eventnotifications.net/inbox/