Method HandleDissimatePubKey

src/api.py:879–915

(self, params)

        return 'Trashed sent message (assuming message existed).'

    def HandleDissimatePubKey(self, params):
        # The device issuing this command to PyBitmessage supplies a pubkey object to be
        # disseminated to the rest of the Bitmessage network. PyBitmessage accepts this
        # pubkey object and sends it out to the rest of the Bitmessage network as if it
        # had generated the pubkey object itself. Please do not yet add this to the api
        # doc.
        if len(params) != 1:
            raise APIError(0, 'I need 1 parameter!')
        payload, = params
        payload = self._decode(payload, "hex")

        # Let us do the POW
        target = 2 ** 64 / ((len(payload) + defaults.networkDefaultPayloadLengthExtraBytes +
                             8) * defaults.networkDefaultProofOfWorkNonceTrialsPerByte)
        print '(For pubkey message via API) Doing proof of work...'
        initialHash = hashlib.sha512(payload).digest()
        trialValue, nonce = proofofwork.run(target, initialHash)
        print '(For pubkey message via API) Found proof of work', trialValue, 'Nonce:', nonce
        payload = pack('>Q', nonce) + payload

        pubkeyReadPosition = 8 # bypass the nonce
        if payload[pubkeyReadPosition:pubkeyReadPosition+4] == '\x00\x00\x00\x00': # if this pubkey uses 8 byte time
            pubkeyReadPosition += 8
        else:
            pubkeyReadPosition += 4
        addressVersion, addressVersionLength = decodeVarint(payload[pubkeyReadPosition:pubkeyReadPosition+10])
        pubkeyReadPosition += addressVersionLength
        pubkeyStreamNumber = decodeVarint(payload[pubkeyReadPosition:pubkeyReadPosition+10])[0]
        inventoryHash = calculateInventoryHash(payload)
        objectType = 1
                    #todo: support v4 pubkeys
        TTL = 28 * 24 * 60 * 60
        Inventory()[inventoryHash] = (
            objectType, pubkeyStreamNumber, payload, int(time.time()) + TTL,'')
        with shared.printLock:
            print 'broadcasting inv within API command disseminatePubkey with hash:', hexlify(inventoryHash)
        queues.invQueue.put((pubkeyStreamNumber, inventoryHash))

    def HandleGetMessageDataByDestinationHash(self, params):
        # Method will eventually be used by a particular Android app to