attempt to generate the api credential via script

Author: rsoury

generate-api-credential

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const ethers = require('ethers');
+const { Base64 } = require('js-base64');
+
+async function generateKeyPairAndSignature(privateKeyInput) {
+	try {
+		// Create wallet from provided private key or generate new random wallet
+		const wallet = privateKeyInput
+			? new ethers.Wallet(privateKeyInput)
+			: ethers.Wallet.createRandom();
+		const publicAddress = wallet.address;
+
+		// Sign the public address using the private key
+		const signature = await wallet.signMessage(publicAddress);
+
+		// Base64 encode the signature before creating the auth string
+		const base64Signature = Base64.encode(
+			Buffer.from(signature.slice(2), 'hex'),
+		);
+
+		// Create the basic auth credential in the format expected by the middleware
+		const basicAuthString = `${publicAddress}:${base64Signature}`;
+		const basicAuthHeader = `basic ${Base64.encode(basicAuthString)}`;
+
+		return {
+			privateKey: wallet.privateKey,
+			publicAddress,
+			signature,
+			basicAuthHeader,
+		};
+	} catch (error) {
+		console.error('Error:', error.message);
+		throw error;
+	}
+}
+
+// Execute the function
+(async () => {
+	// Get private key from command line argument if provided
+	const providedPrivateKey = process.argv[2];
+
+	const { privateKey, publicAddress, signature, basicAuthHeader } =
+		await generateKeyPairAndSignature(providedPrivateKey);
+
+	console.log('Authentication Details:');
+	console.log('Private Key:', privateKey);
+	console.log('Public Address:', publicAddress);
+	console.log('\nFor Basic Auth:');
+	console.log('Authorization Header:', basicAuthHeader);
+	console.log('\nFor Manual Construction:');
+	console.log('Username:', publicAddress);
+	console.log(
+		'Password:',
+		Base64.encode(Buffer.from(signature.slice(2), 'hex')),
+	);
+})();

package.json

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.0.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort": "^10.0.0",
 		"eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "^2.0.0",
+		"ethers": "^6.13.5",
 		"husky": "^8.0.3",
+		"js-base64": "^3.7.5",
 		"lint-staged": "^13.1.2",
 		"npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
 		"prettier": "^3.0.0",