Star Notary Service built on top of a simple private Blockchain to enable users to authenticate and register their ownership of stars with their own storyline

Implemented in Node.js using Sails framework -- project @ Udacity's Blockchain Developer Nanodegree

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• config/routes.js defines REST API and connect to endpoints that are defined in the controller below.

• api/controllers/BlockController.js handles REST API calls. It depends on

  • Blockchain.js handles Blockchain functionalities like add/validate/search
  • StarNotary.js handles notary service to provide authentication for wallet address owner to sign and register stars

• The rest is scaffolding from Sails framework's new command with --no-frontend argument.

$ npm install

$ node app

Users first need to request for validation of their wallet address before they can use it for star registration

Method: POST

URL: http://localhost:8000/requestValidation

Parameter:

• address: user's wallet address

Success Response

• Status: 200 OK
• Content: JSON object with a message field which user needs to sign in the next step

After receiving the response, users will prove their blockchain identity by signing a message with their wallet. If users created their wallet with Electrum app, then they can also use the tool sign/verify message that comes with the app to sign.

Method: POST

URL: http://localhost:8000/message-signature/validate

Parameter:

• address: the previously used wallet address
• signature: created using the wallet on the message received in the previous step

Success Response

• Status: 200 OK
• Content: JSON object with a registerStar field set to true indicating granted access to register a star with this address

Once the signature is validated, the user can register a star with their wallet address.

Method: POST

URL: http://localhost:8000/block

Parameter:

• address: the previously used wallet address
• star: JSON object containing properties of a star
  • dec: declination
  • ra: right ascension
  • story: a text to associate with the star
  • mag [OPTIONAL]: magnitude
  • con [OPTIONAL]: constellation

Success Response

• Status: 201 CREATED
• Content: JSON object of a block, with star registration details, that is added to the blockchain

At anytime, a lookup request can be made to query the stars registered by a given wallet address

Method: GET

URL: http://localhost:8000/stars/address:[ADDRESS]

URL Parameter:

• [ADDRESS]: a wallet address to search for stars ownership

Success Response

• Status: 200 OK
• Content: JSON object as an array of blocks that have star registration by the given wallet address

At anytime, a lookup request can be made to query the block that has a given hash

Method: GET

URL: http://localhost:8000/stars/hash:[HASH]

URL Parameter:

• [HASH]: hash value of a block

Success Response

• Status: 200 OK
• Content: JSON object of a single block in the blockchain

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