eth-crypto/src/sign.js

Cryptographic functions for ethereum and how to use them with web3 and solidity

import {
    secp256k1
} from 'ethereum-cryptography/secp256k1';
import {
    addLeading0x,
    removeLeading0x
} from './util';

/**
 * signs the given message
 * @param  {string} privateKey
 * @param  {string} hash
 * @return {string} hexString
 */
export function sign(privateKey, hash) {
    hash = addLeading0x(hash);
    if (hash.length !== 66)
        throw new Error('EthCrypto.sign(): Can only sign hashes, given: ' + hash);

    const sig = secp256k1.sign(
        new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(removeLeading0x(hash), 'hex')),
        new Uint8Array(Buffer.from(removeLeading0x(privateKey), 'hex'))
    );

    const recoveryId = sig.recovery === 1 ? '1c' : '1b';

    const newSignature = '0x' + Buffer.from(sig.toCompactRawBytes()).toString('hex') + recoveryId;
    return newSignature;
}