feat: generatePublicKey from base64 string

`Wireguard:generatePublicKey` now accepts the privateKey as a base64 encoded string, which gets decoded internally to produce the raw bytes.

src/base64.ts

@@ -1,59 +1,13 @@
-const { slice } = require<{
+const { toBinary, getCharAt } = require<{
-	slice: <T extends defined>(arr: T[], start: number, stop?: number) => T[];
+	toBinary: (int: number) => string;
+	getCharAt: (str: string, pos: number) => string;
 }>("./util.lua");
 
-function stringToBytes(str: string) {
+const BASE64_CHAR = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
-	const result = [];
-
-	for (let i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) {
-		result.push(string.byte(str, i + 1)[0]);
-	}
-
-	return result;
-}
-
-// Adapted from https://github.com/un-ts/ab64/blob/main/src/ponyfill.ts#L24
-const _atob = (asc: string) => {
-	const b64CharList = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
-
-	const b64Chars = string.split(b64CharList, "");
-
-	const b64Table = b64Chars.reduce<Record<string, number>>((acc, char, index) => {
-		acc[char] = index;
-		return acc;
-	}, {});
-
-	const fromCharCode = string.char;
-
-	asc = string.gsub(asc, "%s+", "")[0];
-	asc += string.char(...slice(stringToBytes("=="), 2 - (asc.size() & 3)));
-
-	let u24: number;
-	let binary = "";
-	let r1: number;
-	let r2: number;
-
-	for (let i = 0; i < asc.size(); i++) {
-		u24 =
-			(b64Table[string.byte(asc, i++)[0]] << 18) |
-			(b64Table[string.byte(asc, i++)[0]] << 12) |
-			((r1 = b64Table[string.byte(asc, i++)[0]]) << 6) |
-			(r2 = b64Table[string.byte(asc, i++)[0]]);
-		binary +=
-			r1 === 64
-				? fromCharCode((u24 >> 16) & 255)
-				: r2 === 64
-					? fromCharCode((u24 >> 16) & 255, (u24 >> 8) & 255)
-					: fromCharCode((u24 >> 16) & 255, (u24 >> 8) & 255, u24 & 255);
-	}
-
-	return binary;
-};
 
 // Adapted from https://gist.github.com/jonleighton/958841
-export function atob(buf: number[]): string {
+export function encode(buf: number[]): string {
 	let base64 = "";
-	const encodings = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
 
 	const byteLength = buf.size();
 	const byteRemainder = byteLength % 3;
@@ -75,10 +29,10 @@ export function atob(buf: number[]): string {
 
 		// Convert the raw binary segments to the appropriate ASCII encoding
 		base64 +=
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, a + 1)[0]) +
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, a + 1)[0]) +
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, b + 1)[0]) +
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, b + 1)[0]) +
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, c + 1)[0]) +
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, c + 1)[0]) +
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, d + 1)[0]);
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, d + 1)[0]);
 	}
 
 	// Deal with the remaining bytes and padding
@@ -90,7 +44,7 @@ export function atob(buf: number[]): string {
 		// Set the 4 least significant bits to zero
 		b = (chunk & 3) << 4;
 
-		base64 += string.byte(encodings, a)[0] + string.byte(encodings, b)[0] + "==";
+		base64 += string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, a)[0] + string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, b)[0] + "==";
 	} else if (byteRemainder === 2) {
 		chunk = (buf[mainLength] << 8) | buf[mainLength + 1];
 
@@ -101,11 +55,50 @@ export function atob(buf: number[]): string {
 		c = (chunk & 15) << 2;
 
 		base64 +=
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, a + 1)[0]) +
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, a + 1)[0]) +
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, b + 1)[0]) +
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, b + 1)[0]) +
-			string.char(string.byte(encodings, c + 1)[0]) +
+			string.char(string.byte(BASE64_CHAR, c + 1)[0]) +
 			"=";
 	}
 
 	return base64;
 }
+
+// FIXME: Ideally, you'd want to use bit math and mask off bytes and stuff,
+// but I'm lazy, so this logic uses string manipulation instead
+export function decode(base64: string): number[] {
+	// Strip padding from base64
+	base64 = base64.split("=")[0].gsub("%s", "")[0];
+
+	// Convert base64 chars to lookup table offsets
+	const chars = [];
+	for (let i = 1; i <= base64.size(); i++) {
+		const char = getCharAt(base64, i);
+		const [pos] = string.find(BASE64_CHAR, char);
+
+		pos !== undefined ? chars.push(pos - 1) : error("invalid base64 data");
+	}
+
+	// Convert offsets to 6 bit binary numbers
+	const bin = chars.map(toBinary);
+
+	// Combine all binary numbers into one
+	let combinedBin = "";
+	bin.forEach((b) => (combinedBin += b));
+
+	// Split the combined binary number into smaller ones of 8 bits each
+	const intermediaryBin = [];
+	while (combinedBin.size() > 0) {
+		intermediaryBin.push(string.sub(combinedBin, 1, 8));
+		combinedBin = string.sub(combinedBin, 9, combinedBin.size());
+	}
+
+	// Convert each individual 8 bit binary number to a base 10 integer
+	const decoded = [];
+	for (let i = 0; i < intermediaryBin.size() - 1; i++) {
+		const byte = tonumber(intermediaryBin[i], 2);
+		decoded.push(byte !== undefined ? byte : error("got invalid byte while decoding base64"));
+	}
+
+	return decoded;
+}

src/index.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 const { generatePrivateKey, generatePublicKey } = require<{
 	generatePrivateKey: () => number[];
-	generatePublicKey: (privateKey: number[]) => number[];
+	generatePublicKey: (privateKey: string | number[]) => number[];
 }>("./wg.lua");
-const { atob } = require<{ atob: (buf: number[]) => string }>("./base64.lua");
+const base64 = require<{
+	encode: (buf: number[]) => string;
+	decode: (base64: string) => number[];
+}>("./base64.lua");
 
 export interface Keypair {
 	publicKey: string;
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ export interface Keypair {
 
 export interface Wireguard {
 	generateKeypair(): Keypair;
-	generatePublicKey(privateKey: number[]): string;
+	generatePublicKey(privateKey: number[] | string): string;
 }
 
 export const wireguard: Wireguard = {
@@ -21,14 +24,20 @@ export const wireguard: Wireguard = {
 			? pcall<[], number[]>(() => generatePublicKey(privateKey))
 			: error("failed to generate private key");
 		return {
-			publicKey: atob(publicKeyOk ? publicKey : error("failed to generate public key")),
+			publicKey: base64.encode(publicKeyOk ? publicKey : error("failed to generate public key")),
-			privateKey: atob(privateKey as number[]),
+			privateKey: base64.encode(privateKey as number[]),
 		};
 	},
 
 	generatePublicKey: function (privateKey) {
+		if (typeIs(privateKey, "string")) {
+			privateKey = base64.decode(privateKey);
+		}
+
 		const [publicKeyOk, publicKey] = pcall<[], number[]>(() => generatePublicKey(privateKey));
 
-		return atob(publicKeyOk ? publicKey : error("failed to generate public key"));
+		return base64.encode(
+			publicKeyOk ? publicKey : error("failed to generate public key %s".format(publicKey as string)),
+		);
 	},
 };

src/init.luau

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export type Keypair = {
 
 export type Wireguard = {
 	generateKeypair: (self: {}) -> Keypair,
-	generatePublicKey: (self: {}, privateKey: { number }) -> string,
+	generatePublicKey: (self: {}, privateKey: { number } | string) -> string,
 }
 
 return {

src/util.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,33 @@
-export function slice<T extends defined>(arr: T[], start: number, stop?: number): T[] {
+const OCTAL_LOOKUP = ["000", "001", "010", "011", "100", "101", "110", "111"];
-	const length = arr.size();
 
-	if (start < 0) {
+export function toBinary(int: number): string {
-		start = math.max(length + start, 0);
+	let bin = string.format("%o", int);
-	}
+	bin = bin.gsub(
+		".",
+		(b: string) =>
+			OCTAL_LOOKUP[
+				(() => {
+					const [ok, val] = pcall<[], number>(() => {
+						const res = tonumber(b);
 
-	if (stop === undefined) {
+						if (typeIs(res, "nil")) {
-		stop = length;
+							error("failed to convert to binary");
-	} else if (stop < 0) {
+						}
-		stop = math.max(length + stop, 0);
-	}
 
-	const result: T[] = [];
+						return res;
+					});
 
-	for (let i = start; i < stop; i++) {
+					return ok ? val : error(val);
-		result.push(arr[i]);
+				})()
-	}
+			],
+	)[0];
 
-	return result;
+	// Pad to ensure the binary number is 6 bits
+	bin = "0".rep(6 - bin.size()) + bin;
+
+	return bin;
+}
+
+export function getCharAt(str: string, pos: number): string {
+	return string.char(str.byte(pos)[0]);
 }

tests/generatePublicKey.luau

@@ -1,40 +1,7 @@
 local wg = require("../out/").wireguard
 
-local PRIVATE_KEY = {
+local PRIVATE_KEY = "iIWrphmeEnCLZFjdN17RQfEq8ND1MX+qAdIpRJdRhEA="
-	[1] = 208,
+local PUBLIC_KEY = "lYnVoKy9rzIapS0zPoLHskf4B+L3FouFXWwddKhRa3s="
-	[2] = 109,
-	[3] = 43,
-	[4] = 223,
-	[5] = 41,
-	[6] = 233,
-	[7] = 180,
-	[8] = 88,
-	[9] = 228,
-	[10] = 1,
-	[11] = 132,
-	[12] = 145,
-	[13] = 79,
-	[14] = 164,
-	[15] = 143,
-	[16] = 199,
-	[17] = 134,
-	[18] = 67,
-	[19] = 153,
-	[20] = 226,
-	[21] = 151,
-	[22] = 39,
-	[23] = 198,
-	[24] = 16,
-	[25] = 30,
-	[26] = 109,
-	[27] = 90,
-	[28] = 11,
-	[29] = 22,
-	[30] = 4,
-	[31] = 217,
-	[32] = 105,
-}
-local PUBLIC_KEY = "mYqWwJuiVXsXqfqXOKOKVTTZRovUXqzPkRtz1DwX1Wc="
 
 local publicKey = wg:generatePublicKey(PRIVATE_KEY)