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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ All API requests must be issued with one special parameter `version` denoting th @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ All API requests must be issued with one special parameter `version` denoting th
A simple `GET` request to the following URL:
http://notehub.org/api/get-note?version=1.0&title=<NOTE-ID>
http://notehub.org/api/note?version=1.0&title=<NOTE-ID>
will return a JSON object containing following self explaining fields: `note`, `longURL`, `shortURL`, `statistics`, `status`.
@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The note ID is a string, containing the date of publishing and a few first words @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ The note ID is a string, containing the date of publishing and a few first words
A note must be created by a `POST` request to the following URL:
http://notehub.org/api/post-note
http://notehub.org/api/note
with the following parameters:
@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ Parameter | Explanation | Type @@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ Parameter | Explanation | Type
`password` | MD5 hash of a plain password for editing | *optional*
`version` | Used API version | **required**
The Signature must be computed on the client side using the note text _and_ the PSK, wrt. the algorithm described below. The signature serves as a proof, that the request is authentic and will be issued by the publisher corresponding to the provided PID.
The Signature is the MD5 hash of the following string concatenation:
pid + psk + note
The signature serves as a proof, that the request is authentic and will be issued by the publisher corresponding to the provided PID.
The response of the server will contain the fields `noteID`, `longURL`, `shortURL`, `status`.
@ -74,9 +78,9 @@ The status object serves the same purpose as in the case of note retrieval. @@ -74,9 +78,9 @@ The status object serves the same purpose as in the case of note retrieval.
## Note Update
To update a note, an `UPDATE` request must be issued to the following URL:
To update a note, an `PUT` request must be issued to the following URL:
http://notehub.org/api/update-note
http://notehub.org/api/note
with the following parameters:
@ -89,7 +93,10 @@ Parameter | Explanation | Type @@ -89,7 +93,10 @@ Parameter | Explanation | Type
`password` | MD5 hash of the plain password used for creation | **required**
`version` | Used API version | **required**
The Signature is computed identically to the note creation.
The Signature is the MD5 hash of the following string concatenation:
pid + psk + noteID + note + password
The response of the server will contain the fields `longURL`, `shortURL`, `status`.
@ -105,29 +112,3 @@ Example: @@ -105,29 +112,3 @@ Example:
}
The status object serves the same purpose as in the case of note retrieval and creation.
## Signature Implementation
The signature is computed as a very simple hash function. Consider the following sample implementation in JavaScript:
function getSignature(text, psk) {
var hash = 5381;
for (var pos = 0; pos < text.length; pos++){
hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) +
(text.charCodeAt(pos) ^ psk.charCodeAt(hash % psk.length));
}
return hash;
}
Note:
- the `hash` variable is typed as a signed 32-bit integer
- `^` denotes an XOR
- `charCodeAt()` returns the char code of the note letter at the given position; e.g., it will return values [97, 167, 1092] for three characters of the string `a§ф`.
Your can test your implementation on the following tests:
Input | Output
--- | ---
"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet", "abcdef" | 3577853521
"Notehub is a free pastebin for markdown", "12345678" | -180217198
"abcd !§$%& параграф", "A VERY LONG KEY" | 6887137804

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