import key from string

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import key from string

Closed this issue 8 years ago · 4 comments

Is it possible to import a keystore file from a string ?
For example, I would like to be able to drop my keystore file in the browser to use it, but I haven't seen a function to read the account from a string.

Answer 1 · 2016-11-16T10:57:51.000Z

The keystore files are in JSON format, so they can be parsed in JavaScript simply by using the built-in JSON.parse method. Here's an example using HTML5 FileReader: https://github.com/AugurProject/augur/blob/stable/app/components/Register.jsx#L250-L267

Answer 2 · 2016-11-16T11:01:46.000Z

Oh sorry, I had only seen importFromFile, so I suppose the keyObject in keythereum.recover(password, keyObject) is simply the parsed JSON ?

Answer 3 · 2016-11-16T11:02:11.000Z

Yes, that's correct.

Answer 4 · 2016-11-16T11:05:13.000Z

Thank you very much!