switch proto definitions into json definitions

protos/payload.proto

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-syntax = "proto3";
-package pb;
-
-message NoiseHandshakePayload {
-    bytes libp2p_key = 1;
-    bytes noise_static_key_signature = 2;
-    bytes libp2p_data = 3;
-    bytes libp2p_data_signature = 4;
-}

src/proto/payload.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "nested": {
+    "NoiseHandshakePayload": {
+      "fields": {
+        "libp2pKey": {
+          "type": "bytes",
+          "id": 1
+        },
+        "noiseStaticKeySignature": {
+          "type": "bytes",
+          "id": 2
+        },
+        "libp2pData": {
+          "type": "bytes",
+          "id": 3
+        },
+        "libp2pDataSignature": {
+          "type": "bytes",
+          "id": 4
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

src/utils.ts

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import protobuf from "protobufjs";
 import { Buffer } from "buffer";
 import PeerId from "peer-id";
 import * as crypto from 'libp2p-crypto';
-
 import { KeyPair } from "./@types/libp2p";
 import {bytes, bytes32} from "./@types/basic";
 import {Hkdf} from "./@types/handshake";
+import payloadProto from "./proto/payload.json";
 
 export async function loadPayloadProto () {
-  const payloadProtoBuf = await protobuf.load("protos/payload.proto");
+  const payloadProtoBuf = await protobuf.Root.fromJSON(payloadProto);
-  return payloadProtoBuf.lookupType("pb.NoiseHandshakePayload");
+  return payloadProtoBuf.lookupType("NoiseHandshakePayload");
 }
 
 export function generateKeypair(): KeyPair {
@@ -92,9 +92,15 @@ export async function verifySignedPayload(noiseStaticKey: bytes, plaintext: byte
   let receivedPayload;
   try {
     const NoiseHandshakePayload = await loadPayloadProto();
-    receivedPayload = NoiseHandshakePayload.toObject(NoiseHandshakePayload.decode(plaintext));
+    receivedPayload = NoiseHandshakePayload.toObject(
+      NoiseHandshakePayload.decode(plaintext)
+    );
+    //temporary fix until protobufsjs conversion options starts working
+    //by default it ends up as Uint8Array
+    receivedPayload.libp2pKey = Buffer.from(receivedPayload.libp2pKey);
+    receivedPayload.noiseStaticKeySignature = Buffer.from(receivedPayload.noiseStaticKeySignature);
   } catch (e) {
-    throw new Error("Failed to decode received payload.");
+    throw new Error("Failed to decode received payload. Reason: " + e.message);
   }
 
   if (!(await isValidPeerId(peerId, receivedPayload.libp2pKey)) ) {

tsconfig.json

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "target": "es6",
     "module": "commonjs",
     "strict": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "noImplicitAny": false,
     "typeRoots": [