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Verify messages with Agents

Introduction

This file can be run on any platform supporting Python, with the necessary install permissions. This example shows how to use Agents to make them verify authenticity of messages sent with one another.

Guide

Supporting documentation

The agent

message_verification.py
import hashlib
from uagents import Agent, Bureau, Context, Model
from uagents.crypto import Identity
class Message(Model):
    message: str
    digest: str
    signature: str
 
def encode(message: str) -> bytes:
    hasher = hashlib.sha256()
    hasher.update(message.encode())
    return hasher.digest()
 
alice = Agent(name="alice", seed="alice recovery password")
bob = Agent(name="bob", seed="bob recovery password")
 
@alice.on_interval(period=3.0)
async def send_message(ctx: Context):
    msg = "hello there bob"
    digest = encode(msg)
 
    await ctx.send(
        bob.address,
        Message(message=msg, digest=digest.hex(), signature=alice.sign_digest(digest)),
    )
 
@alice.on_message(model=Message)
async def alice_rx_message(ctx: Context, sender: str, msg: Message):
    assert Identity.verify_digest(
        sender, bytes.fromhex(msg.digest), msg.signature
    ), "couldn't verify bob's message"
 
    ctx.logger.info("Bob's message verified!")
    ctx.logger.info(f"Received message from {sender}: {msg.message}")
 
@bob.on_message(model=Message)
async def bob_rx_message(ctx: Context, sender: str, msg: Message):
    assert Identity.verify_digest(
        sender, bytes.fromhex(msg.digest), msg.signature
    ), "couldn't verify alice's message"
 
    ctx.logger.info("Alice's message verified!")
    ctx.logger.info(f"Received message from {sender}: {msg.message}")
 
    msg = "hello there alice"
    digest = encode(msg)
 
    await ctx.send(
        alice.address,
        Message(message=msg, digest=digest.hex(), signature=bob.sign_digest(digest)),
    )
 
bureau = Bureau()
bureau.add(alice)
bureau.add(bob)
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    bureau.run()

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