Background:
I am trying to encrypt a pouchdb database by using crypto-pouch library. I had a look at the example shown at But it doesn't seem to do anything for me.
My code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="pouchdbApp">
<head>
<script src=".4.8/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="pouchdbDemo.js"></script>
<script src=".2.1/pouchdb.min.js"></script>
<!-- <script src="crypto-pouch-master/bundle.js"></script> -->
<script src=""></script>
<script>
var db = new PouchDB('kittens2');
var password = "mypassword";
db.crypto(password).then(function (publicKey) {
console.log("publicKey");
console.log(publicKey);
});
/* db.removeCrypto(); */
var doc = {
"_id": "mittens",
"name": "Mittens",
"occupation": "kitten",
"age": 3,
"hobbies": [
"playing with balls of yarn",
"chasing laser pointers",
"lookin' hella cute"
]
};
db.put(doc);
db.get('mittens').then(function (doc) {
console.log(doc);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>Background:
I am trying to encrypt a pouchdb database by using crypto-pouch library. I had a look at the example shown at https://github./calvinmetcalf/crypto-pouch But it doesn't seem to do anything for me.
My code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="pouchdbApp">
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis./ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="pouchdbDemo.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.jsdelivr/pouchdb/5.2.1/pouchdb.min.js"></script>
<!-- <script src="crypto-pouch-master/bundle.js"></script> -->
<script src="http://wzrd.in/standalone/crypto-pouch"></script>
<script>
var db = new PouchDB('kittens2');
var password = "mypassword";
db.crypto(password).then(function (publicKey) {
console.log("publicKey");
console.log(publicKey);
});
/* db.removeCrypto(); */
var doc = {
"_id": "mittens",
"name": "Mittens",
"occupation": "kitten",
"age": 3,
"hobbies": [
"playing with balls of yarn",
"chasing laser pointers",
"lookin' hella cute"
]
};
db.put(doc);
db.get('mittens').then(function (doc) {
console.log(doc);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>But my code doesn't see to do any encryption of the data entered, or i couldn't see any public key generated.
Any clue how i should be using the crypto-pouch library with pouchdb.
Share Improve this question edited Mar 14, 2016 at 5:26 S M Abrar Jahin 14.6k24 gold badges115 silver badges170 bronze badges asked Mar 2, 2016 at 21:35 user1455719user1455719 1,0655 gold badges16 silver badges37 bronze badges 1- I don't know about this library very much but it does seem to have the behavior you say. I suspect that it's probably unencryping it on the way out but I'm not sure. For this reason I created this GitHub issue: github./calvinmetcalf/crypto-pouch/issues/21 – JustGage Commented Mar 9, 2016 at 5:20
2 Answers
Reset to default 4 +50Edit: this answer originally refereed to version 1.x of crypto pouch, but is not correct for the current version (3.x), in the current version db.crypto(password) does not return a promise so the code examples updated are
db.crypto(password)
// <-- encryption set up
and
db.crypto(password);
db.put({_id: 'foo', bar: 'baz'}).then(function () {
return db.get('foo');
}).then(function (doc) {
console.log('decrypted', doc);
return db.removeCrypto();
}).then(function () {
return db.get('foo');
}).then(function (doc) {
console.log('encrypted', doc);
})
Original answer (still valid for v1.x) follows:
so the documentation is a bit confusing (which I just cleaned up) but when you call db.crypto it wraps the database so that documents are transparently encrypted and decrypted
db.crypto(password).then(function () {
// <-- encryption set up
})
and it will transparently encrypt documents you create and decrypt ones you read until you call
db.removeCrypto();
so if you want to test do something like
db.crypto(password).then(function () {
return db.put({_id: 'foo', bar: 'baz'});
}).then(function () {
return db.get('foo');
}).then(function (doc) {
console.log('decrypted', doc);
return db.removeCrypto();
}).then(function () {
return db.get('foo');
}).then(function (doc) {
console.log('encrypted', doc);
})
I tried bDB and its the only one that seems to work as of now with the new nodeJS
const PouchDB = require('pouchdb')
PouchDB.plugin(require('db'))
const password = 'extremely secure value'
const db = new PouchDB(POUCH_PATH)
db.setPassword(password)
db.post({
_id: 'gay-agenda',
type: 'queerspiracy',
agenda: ['be gay', 'do crimes']
}).then(() => {
// now replicate to a couchdb instance
return db.replicate.to(`${COUCH_URL}/FALGSC`)
})
or with Angular (Typescript)
import PouchDB from 'pouchdb-browser';
...
this.db = new PouchDB('myProjectDB');
this.db.setPassword(environment.dbPassword);