Now generating RSA keys.

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/build.gradle

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies {
    	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.shell:spring-shell-starter'
 	implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql'
+	implementation 'org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:1.76'
 	implementation 'org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf-spring5:3.1.2.RELEASE'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 	testImplementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-test'

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/Bot.java

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Data;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
+import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMWriter;
+import org.bouncycastle.util.io.pem.PemObject;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * POJO for our Bot...
@@ -22,8 +28,35 @@ public class Bot {
     @Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
     Instant published; // "2025-01-24T00:00:00Z",
 
+    /**
+     * The RSA key for the bot... TODO: thinking, with separatation of data maybe
+     * the private key should not be "exposed" here and instead we provide only
+     * services to do key operations... keeping priv key data "secret" to the model
+     */
     @Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
-    String publicKeyPem; // "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMI [...] AB\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
+    KeyPair keyPair;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the string representation of the public key as required for the
+     * ActivityPub key JSON.
+     * "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMI [...] AB\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
+     */
+    String getPublicKeyPEMString() {
+        // Note: for performance it could be worth storing this in the db, or caching it in some way
+        PublicKey pk = keyPair.getPublic();
+        StringWriter w = new StringWriter();
+        PEMWriter pw = new PEMWriter(w);
+        try {
+            pw.writeObject(new PemObject("PUBLIC KEY", pk.getEncoded()));
+            pw.flush();
+            pw.close();
+            // TODO: flush and close with stringwriter?
+            // Can an exception be thrown here using stringwriter?
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // FIXME: ?
+        }
+        return w.toString();
+    }
     
     @Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
     String type = "Person";
@@ -36,17 +69,17 @@ public class Bot {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "Bot: " + this.username;
+        return "Bot: " + this.username + "\nKey: " + this.getPublicKeyPEMString() + "\n";
     }
 
     Bot() {
     }
-    Bot( String username, String name, String summary, Instant published, String publicKeyPem, String type, boolean manuallyApproveFollowers, boolean indexable ) {
+    Bot( String username, String name, String summary, Instant published, KeyPair keyPair, String type, boolean manuallyApproveFollowers, boolean indexable ) {
         this.username = username;
         this.name = name;
         this.summary = summary;
         this.published = published;
-        this.publicKeyPem = publicKeyPem;
+        this.keyPair = keyPair;
         this.type = type;
         this.manuallyApproveFollowers = manuallyApproveFollowers;
         this.indexable = indexable;

Java/Spring/activitypubbot/src/main/java/dev/activitypub/activitypubbot/BotModel.java

@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.CreatedDate;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.support.AuditingEntityListener;
+import java.security.PublicKey;
+import java.security.KeyPair;
+import java.security.KeyPairGenerator;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 /**
- * Our core Bot (aka user) data as stored persistently in the database.
+ * Our core Bot (aka user, or 'actor') data as stored persistently in the database.
  * This is all the key non-derived data as required by the ActivityPub
- * specification. NOTE: This is not a comprehensive implementation!
+ * specification. NOTE: This is not a comprehensive AP 'actor' implementation!
  */
+@Slf4j
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "bot")
 @EntityListeners(AuditingEntityListener.class)
@@ -68,8 +74,8 @@ public class BotModel {
 
     // TODO how and where do we generate this beastie?!?!
     @Column(nullable=true,unique=false) // FIXME: this isn't true, just easy for now
-    @Getter private String publicKeyPem; // "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\\nMI [...] AB\\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
+    @Getter private KeyPair keyPair; 
-    
+
     @Column(nullable=false,unique=false)
     @Getter private String type;
 
@@ -87,12 +93,24 @@ public class BotModel {
         bm.type = bot.getType();
         bm.manuallyApproveFollowers = bot.isManuallyApproveFollowers();
         bm.indexable = bot.isIndexable();
-        bm.publicKeyPem = bot.getPublicKeyPem();
+        bm.keyPair = bot.getKeyPair();
+        if ( bm.keyPair == null ) {
+            // if a bot is created without a KeyPair is must be a new bot and needs a KeyPair
+            // not confident this is the best place or way to do this, but "works for now"
+            try {
+                KeyPairGenerator generator = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA");
+                generator.initialize(2048); // TODO: make this configurable?
+                bm.keyPair = generator.generateKeyPair();
+            } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+                // TODO: this should be pretty fatal to functionality really
+                log.error("BotModel::from: NoSuchAlgorithm when creating: " + bot);
+            }
+        }
         return bm;
     }
 
     Bot asBot() {
-        return new Bot( username, name, summary, published, publicKeyPem, type, manuallyApproveFollowers, indexable );
+        return new Bot( username, name, summary, published, keyPair, type, manuallyApproveFollowers, indexable );
     }
 
     @Override