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/*
 * proof-of-work.js -- Alternative captcha based on SHA-256 proof-of-work.
 * Copyright © 2022 - 2023 Jakob L. Kreuze <zerodaysfordays@sdf.org>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see
 * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

function makeid(length) {
  let result = '';
  let alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/';
  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
    result += alphabet.charAt(Math.floor(Math.random() * alphabet.length));
  }
  return result;
}

async function digestMessage(message) {
  const msgUtf8 = new TextEncoder().encode(message);
  const hashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest('SHA-256', msgUtf8);
  const hashArray = Array.from(new Uint8Array(hashBuffer));
  const hashHex = hashArray.map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
  return hashHex;
}

async function findPrefix(hardness, nonce) {
  while (true) {
    let prefix = makeid(32);
    let digestHex = await digestMessage(prefix + nonce);
    if (digestHex.startsWith("0".repeat(hardness))) {
      return prefix;
    }
  }
}

function makeRequest (method, url) {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open(method, url);
    xhr.onload = function () {
      if (xhr.status >= 200 && xhr.status < 300) {
        resolve(xhr.response);
      } else {
        reject({
          status: xhr.status,
          statusText: xhr.statusText
        });
      }
    };
    xhr.onerror = function () {
      reject({
        status: xhr.status,
        statusText: xhr.statusText
      });
    };
    xhr.send();
  });
}

function raceEndpoint() {
  return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    makeRequest("GET", "/api/challenge/proof-of-work")
      .then(function (data) {
        let challengeData = JSON.parse(data);
        findPrefix(challengeData.hardness, challengeData.nonce)
          .then((prefix) => { resolve([prefix, challengeData["challenge-id"]]) } );
      })
      .catch(reject);
  });
}

window.addEventListener("load", () => {
  let trigger = document.getElementById("pow-trigger");
  trigger.removeAttribute("hidden");
  trigger.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
    trigger.innerHTML = "Please wait...";
    trigger.disabled = true;
    raceEndpoint()
      .then((result) => {
        let resultField = document.getElementById("captcha-alt");
        let challengeIdField = document.getElementById("captcha-alt-id");
        resultField.value = result[0];
        challengeIdField.value = result[1];
        trigger.innerHTML = "Proof-of-Work completed successfully!";
        trigger.disabled = true;

        // Hide the primary captcha, too, to make it clear that it isn't necessary to complete.
        let primaryChallenge = document.getElementById("captcha-challenge-primary");
        primaryChallenge.hidden = true;
      })
      .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err);
        trigger.innerHTML = "Proof-of-Work failed!";
        trigger.disabled = true;
      });
    e.preventDefault();
  })
});