keysat-licensing-client (Python)

Python client for Keysat — a Bitcoin-native self-hosted software licensing service that runs on Start9.

Verifies signed license keys offline using the issuer's public key, and (optionally) wraps the HTTP API for live validation, purchase, and free-license redemption.

Install

pip install keysat-licensing-client            # offline only
pip install keysat-licensing-client[online]    # + httpx for the online client

Requires Python 3.10+.

Five-line offline check

import time
from keysat_licensing_client import Verifier, PublicKey

ISSUER_PUBKEY_PEM = open("assets/issuer.pub").read()  # bake this into your app
verifier = Verifier(PublicKey.from_pem(ISSUER_PUBKEY_PEM))

# verify_with_time checks the signature AND rejects an expired key in one
# call (perpetual keys, expires_at == 0, never expire). Use verify() if
# you'd rather inspect an expired key than reject it.
ok = verifier.verify_with_time(key_from_user, int(time.time()))  # raises kind="expired" if past expiry
# ok.expires_at is a unix timestamp; 0 = perpetual
print(f"licensed for product {ok.product_id}, expires {ok.expires_at}")

Online check (with revocation + fingerprint binding)

from keysat_licensing_client import Client

client = Client("https://license.example.com")
r = client.validate(
    key_from_user,
    product_slug="my-product",
    fingerprint="machine-fingerprint",
)
if not r.ok:
    print("server rejected:", r.reason)
    # 'revoked', 'fingerprint_mismatch', 'not_found', 'product_mismatch', etc.

The recommended pattern is offline-first, online-augmented: do the offline Verifier.verify() at boot. If that succeeds, also do an async/background client.validate() to catch revocations and seat mismatches. If the network fails, treat it as "status unknown" — don't gate the user on your server's uptime.

Purchase flow (drives the whole BTCPay round trip)

from keysat_licensing_client import Client, StartPurchaseOptions
import webbrowser

client = Client("https://license.example.com")
session = client.start_purchase(
    "my-product",
    StartPurchaseOptions(buyer_email="bob@example.com"),
)
webbrowser.open(session.checkout_url)
license_key = client.wait_for_license(session.invoice_id)
# Save license_key wherever you decided to store keys (config dir, keychain, env).

To buy a specific tier, set StartPurchaseOptions(policy_slug=...) to a slug from list_public_policies (below); omit it to use the product's default policy.

Tier picker (public policies)

List the buyer-visible tiers for a product — same data the server's /buy/<slug> page reads, so an in-app picker stays in sync with the operator's admin setup. No auth required.

tiers = client.list_public_policies("my-product")
for p in tiers.policies:
    print(p.slug, p.name, p.price_sats, "sats", p.max_machines, "seats")
# tiers.product.entitlements_catalog maps entitlement slugs -> human labels.

Machine seat management

For seat-limited licenses (max_machines > 1), claim and release seats by fingerprint. Each returns a MachineResponse (ok, reason, active_count, max_machines).

client.activate(key, fingerprint, hostname="bob-laptop", platform="macos")
client.heartbeat(key, fingerprint)   # call periodically to keep the seat live
client.deactivate(key, fingerprint)  # release the seat

Free-license code redemption

For codes the seller created with kind free_license (no payment):

result = client.redeem_free_license(
    "my-product",
    "PRESSPASS",
)
print("redeemed:", result.license_key)

Fingerprint binding

The SDK doesn't decide WHAT to use as a fingerprint — that's a product choice. Common sources, ordered by robustness:

• Linux: /etc/machine-id
• macOS: ioreg -d2 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice
• Windows: registry MachineGuid
• Fallback: random UUID written into your app's config dir on first run

Mix in a per-product salt so fingerprints from your app can't be replayed against someone else's licensing server:

fp_input = f"{APP_NAME}|{machine_id}"
# Pass this raw string to validate(...); the server SHA-256s it before storing.

License

MIT OR Apache-2.0. See the upstream LICENSE file at github.com/keysat-xyz/keysat.