added start on addEntry code path

If the POSTed StItem can be parsed without errors it is handed over to
the Trillian back-end.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/type.go b/type.go
index e9b5ef2..031ae8d 100644
--- a/type.go
+++ b/type.go
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ func (i StItem) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
+func StItemFromB64(s string) (*StItem, error) {
+	b, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("base64 decoding failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var item StItem
+	extra, err := tls.Unmarshal(b, &item)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("tls unmarshal failed: %v", err)
+	} else if len(extra) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("tls unmarshal found extra data: %v", extra)
+	}
+	return &item, nil
+}
+
 // ChecksumV1 associates a package name with an arbitrary checksum value
 type ChecksumV1 struct {
 	Package  []byte `tls:"minlen:0,maxlen:255"`
@@ -75,3 +91,10 @@ func NewChecksumV1(name string, checksum []byte) (StItem, error) {
 func (i ChecksumV1) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%v %v", string(i.Package), base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(i.Checksum))
 }
+
+// AddEntryRequest is a collection of add-entry input parameters
+type AddEntryRequest struct {
+	Item        string `json:"item"`
+	Signature   string `json:"signature"`
+	Certificate string `json:"certificate"`
+}