dgf-prototype/backend/index.js

const express = require('express');
const { Level } = require('level');
const { recoverPersonalSignature } = require('@metamask/eth-sig-util');
// const { ecrecover, fromRpcSig, pubToAddress } = require('@ethereumjs/util');
// const { Keccak } = require('sha3');
const objectHash = require('object-hash');
// const { createHash } = require('node:crypto');

require('dotenv').config();

const app = express();
const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
const dataDir = process.env.DATA_DIR || 'data';

const db = new Level(`${dataDir}/forum`, { valueEncoding: 'json' });

// const keccak = Keccak(256);

app.use(express.json());

app.post('/write', async (req, res) => {
  const { body: { author, content, signature } } = req;
  // Check author signature
  try {
    const account = recoverPersonalSignature({ data: content, signature });
    if (account !== author) {
      console.log('error: author does not match signature');
      res.status(403).end();
      return;
    }
  } catch (e) {
    console.log('error: failed to recover signature:', e.message);
    res.status(400).end();
    return;
  }
  // Compute content hash
  const data = { author, content, signature };
  const hash = objectHash(data);

  console.log('write', hash);
  // Store content
  db.put(hash, data);
  // Return hash
  res.send(hash);
});

app.get('/read/:hash', async (req, res) => {
  // Fetch content
  const { hash } = req.params;
  let data;
  try {
    data = await db.get(req.params.hash);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log('read error:', e.message, hash);
    res.status(e.status).end();
    return;
  }
  console.log('read', hash);
  // Return content
  res.json(data);
});

app.get('*', (req, res) => {
  console.log(`req.path: ${req.path}`);
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`);
});