tKey Security Questions Module

The tKey Security Questions Module helps you add or remove the and password as a share for tkey. This module is the part of the tKey SDK.

Installation

npm install --save @tkey/security-questions

Initialization

Import the SecurityQuestionsModule class from @tkey/security-questions

import SecurityQuestionsModule from "@tkey/security-questions";

Assign the SecurityQuestionsModule class to a variable

const securityQuestionsModule = new SecurityQuestionsModule(params);

Parameters

params

• saveAnswers?: boolean

Returns

The SecurityQuestionsModule class returns an object with the following properties:

class SecurityQuestionsModule implements IModule {
  moduleName: string;
  tbSDK: ITKeyApi;
  saveAnswers: boolean;
  constructor(saveAnswers?: boolean);
  static refreshSecurityQuestionsMiddleware(generalStore: unknown, oldShareStores: ShareStoreMap, newShareStores: ShareStoreMap): unknown;
  setModuleReferences(tbSDK: ITKeyApi): void;
  initialize(): Promise<void>;
  generateNewShareWithSecurityQuestions(answerString: string, questions: string): Promise<GenerateNewShareResult>;
  getSecurityQuestions(): string;
  inputShareFromSecurityQuestions(answerString: string): Promise<void>;
  changeSecurityQuestionAndAnswer(newAnswerString: string, newQuestions: string): Promise<void>;
  saveAnswerOnTkeyStore(answerString: string): Promise<void>;
  getAnswer(): Promise<string>;
}

Usage

With the SecurityQuestionsModule, you've access to the following functions:

Generate new share with security questions

generateNewShareWithSecurityQuestions(answerString: string, questions: string)

• answerString: Answer corresponding to a security question
• questions: The secutity question

Return

• Promise<GenerateNewShareResult>: The GenerateNewShareResult object

GenerateNewShareResult

declare type GenerateNewShareResult = {
  newShareStores: ShareStoreMap;
  newShareIndex: BN;
};
export declare type ShareStoreMap = {
  [shareIndex: string]: ShareStore;
};
declare class ShareStore implements ISerializable {
  share: Share;
  polynomialID: PolynomialID;
  constructor(share: Share, polynomialID: PolynomialID);
  static fromJSON(value: StringifiedType): ShareStore;
  toJSON(): StringifiedType;
}

Get Security Question

getSecurityQuestions()

Return

• string: The security question

Input share from security question

inputShareFromSecurityQuestions(answerString: string)

• answerString: Answer corresponding to the security question

Change Security Question and Answer

changeSecurityQuestionAndAnswer(newAnswerString: string, newQuestions: string)

• newAnswerString: Answer corresponding to the new security question
• newQuestions: The new secutity question

Save answer on tkey store

saveAnswerOnTkeyStore(answerString: string)

• answerString: Answer corresponding to the security question

Get answer

getAnswer

Return

• string: The answer corresponding to the security question