package crypto
import (
"bytes"
"crypto"
"fmt"
"net/http"
"net/url"
"time"
"github.com/go-fed/httpsig"
"github.com/owncast/owncast/config"
log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
)
// SignResponse will sign a response using the provided response body and public key.
func SignResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, body []byte, publicKey PublicKey) error {
privateKey := GetPrivateKey()
return signResponse(privateKey, *publicKey.ID, body, w)
}
func signResponse(privateKey crypto.PrivateKey, pubKeyID url.URL, body []byte, w http.ResponseWriter) error {
prefs := []httpsig.Algorithm{httpsig.RSA_SHA256}
digestAlgorithm := httpsig.DigestSha256
// The "Date" and "Digest" headers must already be set on r, as well as r.URL.
headersToSign := []string{}
if body != nil {
headersToSign = append(headersToSign, "digest")
signer, _, err := httpsig.NewSigner(prefs, digestAlgorithm, headersToSign, httpsig.Signature, 0)
if err != nil {
return err
// If r were a http.ResponseWriter, call SignResponse instead.
return signer.SignResponse(privateKey, pubKeyID.String(), w, body)
// SignRequest will sign an ounbound request given the provided body.
func SignRequest(req *http.Request, body []byte, actorIRI *url.URL) error {
publicKey := GetPublicKey(actorIRI)
return signRequest(privateKey, publicKey.ID.String(), body, req)
func signRequest(privateKey crypto.PrivateKey, pubKeyID string, body []byte, r *http.Request) error {
date := time.Now().UTC().Format("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 GMT")
r.Header["Date"] = []string{date}
r.Header["Host"] = []string{r.URL.Host}
r.Header["Accept"] = []string{`application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"`}
headersToSign := []string{httpsig.RequestTarget, "host", "date"}
return signer.SignRequest(privateKey, pubKeyID, r, body)
// CreateSignedRequest will create a signed POST request of a payload to the provided destination.
func CreateSignedRequest(payload []byte, url *url.URL, fromActorIRI *url.URL) (*http.Request, error) {
log.Debugln("Sending", string(payload), "to", url)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url.String(), bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
ua := fmt.Sprintf("%s; https://owncast.online", config.GetReleaseString())
req.Header.Set("User-Agent", ua)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/activity+json")
if err := SignRequest(req, payload, fromActorIRI); err != nil {
log.Errorln("error signing request:", err)
return nil, err
return req, nil