datumesh

Verify Datumesh receipts in Python. A receipt is a signed answer for one addressable data cell; this library checks its canonical form (RFC 8785 JSON) and its Ed25519 signature against the signer's published keys, and optionally the recomputation checks (function descriptor, input receipts, and a value you computed) and the content of a blob value, as the Datumesh specification (revision spec-0.2.0) defines. It also checks a mesh's response envelope and resolves the unit of a cell's value.

pip install datumesh
git clone --depth 1 --branch spec-0.2.0 https://github.com/datumesh-com/datumesh-spec && cd datumesh-spec

import json
from datumesh import keys_from_response, verify

vector = json.load(open("vectors/receipt/stored-number.json"))
key_doc = vector["keys"]["rates.example.org"]["https"]["body"]  # served at https://rates.example.org/.well-known/datumesh.json
keys = keys_from_response("rates.example.org", 200, key_doc)
result = verify(vector["input"], keys)
print(result.ok, result.level, result.key)  # True signed rates.example.org#d712b32a2cc5cb7c

Website: https://datumesh.com · Specification: https://github.com/datumesh-com/datumesh-spec

API

• verify(receipt, keys, recompute=None, blob=None) -> VerifyResult: runs the verification procedure of SPEC 10.1. Never raises for an invalid receipt or bad key material; the result has ok, code ("OK" or an error code), level ("signed" or "recomputed"), hash, key, detail and path. It uses no network: keys are an argument (a key document, a KeysResult, a {key id: public key} mapping, or a list of these). recompute takes the descriptor, the input receipts and the value you computed (the library does not evaluate functions); blob takes the content bytes of a blob value, whose length and SHA-256 are then checked (step 7.7, reported as blob_checked).
• check_envelope(status, body, keys, request) -> EnvelopeResult: checks a mesh's response to https://<mesh>/cell/... (SPEC 5.5), verifies the receipt inside it, and checks that it answers your request (request is {"cell_id": ..., "asof": ...}, asof only if you asked for one; a stale receipt may answer an earlier asof). The envelope itself is unsigned: stale, superseded_by and a verified label remain the mesh's claims.
• resolved_unit(descriptor, cell) -> str | None: the unit of a cell's value, such as USD/EUR (SPEC 7.1, units.md).
• keys_from_response(host, status, body) -> KeysResult: interprets a response for https://<host>/.well-known/datumesh.json (SPEC 9.3).
• fetch_keys(host, timeout=10.0) -> KeysResult: the only function that uses the network. One GET, TLS verified, redirects not followed.
• canonicalize(obj, kind=None) -> bytes, cell_hash, function_hash, receipt_hash, receipt_payload, jcs: validation, RFC 8785 canonical bytes and SHA-256 hashes.
• parse_uri(uri, signature), format_uri(ref), uri_to_https(uri, mesh): cell URIs (SPEC 5).
• DatumeshError (with .code and .path), ERROR_CODES, SPEC_VERSION, UNITS, CURRENCIES.

Requires Python 3.10 or later and PyNaCl. String rules use Unicode 15.1 tables shipped with the package, so results do not depend on the Python version's own Unicode database; the unit list is copied from the specification's units.md. Choosing which publishers to trust is up to you: a valid signature only means the key holder made the statement.

Licence: Apache-2.0.