Electronic Skill Credential Specification

Sample Python3 code to create and verify a digitally signed skill credential.

Using the sample scripts

These instructions assume that you have cloned the respository locally, and are in the root of the repo

1. Create a new python3 virtualenv
2. Once the virtualenv is setup and activated, install the package and the scripts

$ pip3 install .

3. Run the script to sign a credential given a private key and public key (You could use ssh-keygen to create a keypair. Instead of saving the keypair to the default location, save to a location of your choice). The public key should be in the same directory as the private key with the extension .pub

$ python3 scripts/signature.py --key <path_to_private_key> --sign <path_to_credential_file>

This will run the script and output a signed version of the credential in credential_file. This output can be re-directed to a file:

$ python3 scripts/signature.py --key <path_to_private_key> --sign <path_to_credential_file> > signed_credential.json

4. Verify the signed document using the public key contained in the credential

$ python3 scripts/signature.py --verify signed_credential.json