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Usage: new Message(string)
Description: Instantiate a new message instance helpers for signing and verifying.

parameters type required Description
message String yes

Returns: {Message} A new instance of a Message

Message.fromString(str)

Description: Instantiate a Message from a string

Parameters:

parameter type required Description
str Object yes A string of the message

Returns : {Message} An instance of Message

Message.fromJSON(obj)

Description: Instantiate a Message from an object

Parameters:

parameter type required Description
obj Object yes An JSON string or Object with keys: message

Returns : {Message} An instance of Message

.magicHash()

Description: Return a Buffer hash prefixed with MAGIC_BYTES

Parameters:

parameter type required Description
obj Object yes An JSON string or Object with keys: message

Returns: {string} A base64 encoded compact signature

.sign()

Description: Will sign a message with a given Dash private key.

Parameters:

parameter type required Description
privateKey PrivateKey yes An instance of PrivateKey

Returns: {String} A base64 encoded compact signature

.verify()

Description: Will return a boolean of the signature is valid for a given dash address.
If it isn't the specific reason is accessible via the "error" member.

Parameters:

parameter type required Description
address Address/String yes A dash address

Returns: {Boolean}

.toObject() / .toJSON()

Description: Will return an object representation of the message

Parameters: None.

Returns: {Object} A plain object with the Message properties

.toString()

Description:Will return a string representation of the message

Parameters: None.

Returns: {string} A string representation of the message

.inspect()

Description: Will return a string formatted for the console

Parameters: None.

Returns: {string} Console representation of this message.

const message = new Message(...);
message.toInspect() // <Message: hello, world>