[Nix-dev] Convert sha1 from base64 into "normal" string
Игорь Пашев
pashev.igor at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 13:53:58 CEST 2016
Draft:
# nix-instantiate --eval --expr 'import ./fromBase64.nix
"kjOzmCPxyw0bPciMsGSh5q+bT9g=" ==
"9233b39823f1cb0d1b3dc88cb064a1e6af9b4fd8"' --show-trace
true
./fromBase64.nix:
strBase64:
let
inherit (builtins) concatStringsSep stringLength substring ;
base64 = {
# n=0; for l in {A..Z} {a..z} {0..9} + /; do printf '"%s" = %2s; '
$l $n; (( n++ )); (( n % 8 )) || echo; done
"A" = 0; "B" = 1; "C" = 2; "D" = 3; "E" = 4; "F" = 5; "G" =
6; "H" = 7;
"I" = 8; "J" = 9; "K" = 10; "L" = 11; "M" = 12; "N" = 13; "O" =
14; "P" = 15;
"Q" = 16; "R" = 17; "S" = 18; "T" = 19; "U" = 20; "V" = 21; "W" =
22; "X" = 23;
"Y" = 24; "Z" = 25; "a" = 26; "b" = 27; "c" = 28; "d" = 29; "e" =
30; "f" = 31;
"g" = 32; "h" = 33; "i" = 34; "j" = 35; "k" = 36; "l" = 37; "m" =
38; "n" = 39;
"o" = 40; "p" = 41; "q" = 42; "r" = 43; "s" = 44; "t" = 45; "u" =
46; "v" = 47;
"w" = 48; "x" = 49; "y" = 50; "z" = 51; "0" = 52; "1" = 53; "2" =
54; "3" = 55;
"4" = 56; "5" = 57; "6" = 58; "7" = 59; "8" = 60; "9" = 61; "+" =
62; "/" = 63;
};
quartet_to_int24 = q:
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64
let
s = n: assert (stringLength q == 4); substring (3 - n) 1 q;
d = n: base64.${s n};
in if s 0 != "=" then
64 * (64 * (64 * (d 3) + (d 2)) + (d 1)) + (d 0)
else if s 1 != "=" then
64 * (64 * (64 * (d 3) + (d 2)) + (d 1)) / 256 # right shift by 8 bits
else
64 * (64 * (64 * (d 3) + (d 2))) / 65536 # right shift by 16 bits
;
int24_to_hex = i: # 16777215 (0xFFFFFF, 2^24-1) max
let
hex = "0123456789abcdef";
toHex = n:
let
d = n / 16;
r = n - 16 * d;
in "${if d != 0 then toHex d else ""}${substring r 1 hex}";
in assert (0 <= i && i <= 16777215); toHex i;
quartets = s:
let
l = stringLength s;
h = substring 0 4 s;
t = substring 4 (l - 4) s;
in [h] ++ (if t != "" then quartets t else []);
/*
FIXME: usage of library functions like concatMapString
causes very cryptic errors:
# nix-instantiate --eval --expr 'import ./fromBase64.nix
"kjOzmCPxyw0bPciMsGSh5q+bT9g="' --show-trace
error: while evaluating anonymous function at
.../fromBase64.nix:1:1, called from (string):1:18:
value is a function while a set was expected, at .../fromBase64.nix:3:4
*/
in concatStringsSep "" (map (x: int24_to_hex (quartet_to_int24 x))
(quartets strBase64))
2016-10-07 16:35 GMT+03:00 Игорь Пашев <pashev.igor at gmail.com>:
> Hi all.
>
> What options are there to convert a base64-encoded raw binary data
> into "normal" hexadecimal string in Nix (during evalutation)?
>
> E. i. "kjOzmCPxyw0bPciMsGSh5q+bT9g=" ->
> "9233b39823f1cb0d1b3dc88cb064a1e6af9b4fd8"
>
> to make it valid input for fetchurl, etc.
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