js-libp2p-crypto/README.md

# js-libp2p-crypto

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> Crypto primitives for libp2p in JavaScript

This repo contains the JavaScript implementation of the crypto primitives
needed for libp2p. This is based on this [go implementation](https://github.com/ipfs/go-libp2p-crypto).

## Table of Contents

- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
  - [Example](#example)
- [API](#api)
- [Contribute](#contribute)
- [License](#license)

## Install

```sh
npm install --save libp2p-crypto
```

## Usage

### Example

```js
const crypto = require('libp2p-crypto')

crypto.generateKeyPair('RSA', 2048, (err, key) => {
})
```

## API

See [API.md](API.md)

## Contribute

Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an [issue](https://github.com/ipfs/js-libp2p-crypto/issues)!

This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

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## License

[MIT](LICENSE)