ValidationCreate.cpp

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
    This file is part of rippled: https://github.com/ripple/rippled
    Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Ripple Labs Inc.

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
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*/
//==============================================================================

#include <BeastConfig.h>

namespace ripple {

// {
//   secret: <string>   // optional
// }
//
// This command requires Role::ADMIN access because it makes no sense to ask
// an untrusted server for this.
Json::Value doValidationCreate (RPC::Context& context)
{
    RippleAddress   raSeed;
    Json::Value     obj (Json::objectValue);

    if (!context.params.isMember (jss::secret))
    {
        WriteLog (lsDEBUG, RPCHandler) << "Creating random validation seed.";

        raSeed.setSeedRandom ();                // Get a random seed.
    }
    else if (!raSeed.setSeedGeneric (context.params[jss::secret].asString ()))
    {
        return rpcError (rpcBAD_SEED);
    }

    obj[jss::validation_public_key]
            = RippleAddress::createNodePublic (raSeed).humanNodePublic ();
    obj[jss::validation_seed] = raSeed.humanSeed ();
    obj[jss::validation_key] = raSeed.humanSeed1751 ();

    return obj;
}

} // ripple