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= GPGME
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== Requirements
* Ruby 1.8 or later
* GPGME 1.1.2 or later
* gpg-agent (optional, but recommended)
== Installation
$ gem install gpgme
== API
GPGME provides three levels of API. The highest level API is as simple as it
gets, the mid level API provides more functionality but might be less
user-friendly, and the lowest level API is close to the C interface of GPGME.
=== The highest level API
For example, to create a cleartext signature of the plaintext from
stdin and write the result to stdout can be written as follows.
crypto = GPGME::Crypto.new
crypto.clearsign $stdin, :output => $stdout
=== The mid level API
The same example can be rewritten in the mid level API as follows.
plain = GPGME::Data.new($stdin)
sig = GPGME::Data.new($stdout)
GPGME::Ctx.new do |ctx|
ctx.sign(plain, sig, GPGME::SIG_MODE_CLEAR)
end
=== The lowest level API
The same example can be rewritten in the lowest level API as follows.
ret = []
GPGME::gpgme_new(ret)
ctx = ret.shift
GPGME::gpgme_data_new_from_fd(ret, 0)
plain = ret.shift
GPGME::gpgme_data_new_from_fd(ret, 1)
sig = ret.shift
GPGME::gpgme_op_sign(ctx, plain, sig, GPGME::SIG_MODE_CLEAR)
As you see, it's much harder to write a program in this API than the
highest level API. However, if you are already familiar with the C
interface of GPGME and want to control detailed behavior of GPGME, it
might be useful.
== Usage
All the high level methods attack the mid level {GPGME::Ctx} API. It is
recommended to read through the #{GPGME::Ctx.new} methods for common options.
Also, most of the input/output is done via {GPGME::Data} objects that create a
common interface for reading/writing to normal strings, or other common
objects like files. Read the {GPGME::Data} documentation to understand
how it works. Every time the lib needs a {GPGME::Data} object, it will be
automatically converted to it.
=== Crypto
The {GPGME::Crypto} class has the high level convenience methods to encrypt,
decrypt, sign and verify signatures. Here are some examples, but it is
recommended to read through the {GPGME::Crypto} class to see all the options.
* Document encryption via {GPGME::Crypto#encrypt}:
crypto = GPGME::Crypto.new
crypto.encrypt "Hello world!", :recipients => "someone@example.com"
* Symmetric encryption:
crypto = GPGME::Crypto.new :password => "gpgme"
crypto.encrypt "Hello world!", :symmetric => true
* Document decryption via {GPGME::Crypto#decrypt} (including signature verification):
crypto.decrypt File.open("text.gpg")
* Document signing via {GPGME::Crypto#sign}. Also the clearsigning and detached signing.
crypto.sign "I hereby proclaim Github the beneficiary of all my money when I die"
* Sign verification via {GPGME::Crypto#verify}
sign = crypto.sign "Some text"
data = crypto.verify(sign) { |signature| signature.valid? }
=== Key
The {GPGME::Key} object represents a key, and has the high level related
methods to work with them and find them, export, import, deletetion and
creation.
* Key listing
GPGME::Key.find(:secret, "someone@example.com")
# => Returns an array with all the secret keys available in the keychain.
# that match "someone@example.com"
* Key exporting
GPGME::Key.export("someone@example.com")
# => Returns a {GPGME::Data} object with the exported key.
key = GPGME::Key.find(:secret, "someone@example.com").first
key.export
# => Returns a {GPGME::Data} object with the exported key.
* Key importing
GPGME::Key.import(File.open("my.key"))
* TODO: Key generation
=== Engine
Provides three convenience methods to obtain information about the gpg engine
one is currently using. For example:
* Getting current information
GPGME::Engine.info.first
# => #<GPGME::EngineInfo:0x00000100d4fbd8
@file_name="/usr/local/bin/gpg",
@protocol=0,
@req_version="1.3.0",
@version="1.4.11">
* Changing home directory to work with different settings:
GPGME::Engine.home_dir = '/tmp'
== Contributing
To run the local test suite you need bundler and gpg:
bundle
rake compile # simple rake task to compile the extension
rake # runs the test suite
== License
The library itself is licensed under LGPLv2.1+. See the file
COPYING.LESSER and each file for copyright and warranty information.