snarkjs/README.md
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# javascript implementation of zkSnark
This is a javascript implementation of zkSnarks.
This library allows to do the trusted setup, generate proofs and verify the proofs.
This library uses the compiled circuits generated by the jaz compiler.
## Install
```
npm install zkSnark
```
## Usage
### import
```
const zkSnark = require("zksnark");
```
### Load a circuit.
```
// "myCircuit.cir" is the output of the jaz compiler
const circuitDef = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("myCircuit.cir", "utf8"));
const circuit = new zkSnark.Circuit(circuitDef);
```
### Inspect the circuit.
```
// `signalId` can always be a number or an alias string
circuit.nConstrains; // number of constrains
circuit.nSignals; // number of signals
circuit.nPublic; // number of public signals (nOutputs + nPublicInputs)
// The array of signals is always sorted in this order:
// [ 1, outputs, publicInputs, privedInputs, internalSignals, constants]
// returns a,b and c coeficients of the `signalId` on a given `constrain`
circuit.a(constrain, signalId)
circuit.b(constrain, signalId)
circuit.c(constrain, signalId)
circuit.nOutputs // number of public outputs
circuit.pubInputs // number of public inputs
circuit.nPrvInputs // number of private inputs
circuit.nInputs // number of inputs ( nPublicInputs + nPrivateInputs)
circuit.nVars // number of variables ( not including constants (one is a variable) )
circuit.nSignals // number of signals ( including constants )
circuit.outputIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th output
circuit.inputIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th input
circuit.pubInputIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th public input
circuit.prvInputIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th private input
circuit.varIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th variable
circuit.constantIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th constant
circuit.signalIdx(i) // returns the index of the i'th signal
// returns signal Idx given a signalId
// if the idx >= n , it is a constant
// if the idx == -1, the signal does not exist
circuit.signalId2idx(signalId);
// returns an array aliases names for a given signalId
circuit.signalNames(signalId)
// input is a key value object where keys are the signal names
// of all the inputs (public and private)
// returns an array of values that represent the witness
circuit.generateWitness(input)
```
### Trusted setup
```
const setup = zkSnark.setup(circuit);
fs.writeFileSink("myCircuit.vk_proof", JSON.stringify(setup.vk_proof), "utf8");
fs.writeFileSink("myCircuit.vk_verifier", JSON.stringify(setup.vk_verifier), "utf8");
setup.toxic // Must be discarded.
```
### Generate proof
```
const circuitDef = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("myCircuit.cir", "utf8"));
const circuit = new zkSnark.Circuit(circuitDef);
const input = {
"main.pubIn1": "123",
"main.out1": "456"
}
const witness = circuit.generateWitness(input);
const vk_proof = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("myCircuit.vk_proof", "utf8"));
const {proof, publicSignals} = zkSnark.genProof(vk_proof, witness);
```
### Verifier
```
const vk_verifier = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("myCircuit.vk_verifier", "utf8"));
if (zkSnark.isValid(vk_verifier, proof, publicSignals)) {
console.log("The proof is valid");
} else {
console.log("The proof is not valid");
}
```