src/pkg/encoding/pem/pem.go

// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// This package implements the PEM data encoding, which originated in Privacy
// Enhanced Mail. The most common use of PEM encoding today is in TLS keys and
// certificates. See RFC 1421.
package pem

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/base64"
	"io"
	"os"
)

// A Block represents a PEM encoded structure.
//
// The encoded form is:
//    -----BEGIN Type-----
//    Headers
//    base64-encoded Bytes
//    -----END Type-----
// where Headers is a possibly empty sequence of Key: Value lines.
type Block struct {
	Type    string            // The type, taken from the preamble (i.e. "RSA PRIVATE KEY").
	Headers map[string]string // Optional headers.
	Bytes   []byte            // The decoded bytes of the contents. Typically a DER encoded ASN.1 structure.
}

// getLine results the first \r\n or \n delineated line from the given byte
// array. The line does not include the \r\n or \n. The remainder of the byte
// array (also not including the new line bytes) is also returned and this will
// always be smaller than the original argument.
func getLine(data []byte) (line, rest []byte) {
	i := bytes.Index(data, []byte{'\n'})
	var j int
	if i < 0 {
		i = len(data)
		j = i
	} else {
		j = i + 1
		if i > 0 && data[i-1] == '\r' {
			i--
		}
	}
	return data[0:i], data[j:]
}

// removeWhitespace returns a copy of its input with all spaces, tab and
// newline characters removed.
func removeWhitespace(data []byte) []byte {
	result := make([]byte, len(data))
	n := 0

	for _, b := range data {
		if b == ' ' || b == '\t' || b == '\r' || b == '\n' {
			continue
		}
		result[n] = b
		n++
	}

	return result[0:n]
}

var pemStart = []byte("\n-----BEGIN ")
var pemEnd = []byte("\n-----END ")
var pemEndOfLine = []byte("-----")

// Decode will find the next PEM formatted block (certificate, private key
// etc) in the input. It returns that block and the remainder of the input. If
// no PEM data is found, p is nil and the whole of the input is returned in
// rest.
func Decode(data []byte) (p *Block, rest []byte) {
	// pemStart begins with a newline. However, at the very beginning of
	// the byte array, we'll accept the start string without it.
	rest = data
	if bytes.HasPrefix(data, pemStart[1:]) {
		rest = rest[len(pemStart)-1 : len(data)]
	} else if i := bytes.Index(data, pemStart); i >= 0 {
		rest = rest[i+len(pemStart) : len(data)]
	} else {
		return nil, data
	}

	typeLine, rest := getLine(rest)
	if !bytes.HasSuffix(typeLine, pemEndOfLine) {
		goto Error
	}
	typeLine = typeLine[0 : len(typeLine)-len(pemEndOfLine)]

	p = &Block{
		Headers: make(map[string]string),
		Type: string(typeLine),
	}

	for {
		// This loop terminates because getLine's second result is
		// always smaller than it's argument.
		if len(rest) == 0 {
			return nil, data
		}
		line, next := getLine(rest)

		i := bytes.Index(line, []byte{':'})
		if i == -1 {
			break
		}

		// TODO(agl): need to cope with values that spread across lines.
		key, val := line[0:i], line[i+1:]
		key = bytes.TrimSpace(key)
		val = bytes.TrimSpace(val)
		p.Headers[string(key)] = string(val)
		rest = next
	}

	i := bytes.Index(rest, pemEnd)
	if i < 0 {
		goto Error
	}
	base64Data := removeWhitespace(rest[0:i])

	p.Bytes = make([]byte, base64.StdEncoding.DecodedLen(len(base64Data)))
	n, err := base64.StdEncoding.Decode(p.Bytes, base64Data)
	if err != nil {
		goto Error
	}
	p.Bytes = p.Bytes[0:n]

	_, rest = getLine(rest[i+len(pemEnd):])

	return

Error:
	// If we get here then we have rejected a likely looking, but
	// ultimately invalid PEM block. We need to start over from a new
	// position.  We have consumed the preamble line and will have consumed
	// any lines which could be header lines. However, a valid preamble
	// line is not a valid header line, therefore we cannot have consumed
	// the preamble line for the any subsequent block. Thus, we will always
	// find any valid block, no matter what bytes preceed it.
	//
	// For example, if the input is
	//
	//    -----BEGIN MALFORMED BLOCK-----
	//    junk that may look like header lines
	//   or data lines, but no END line
	//
	//    -----BEGIN ACTUAL BLOCK-----
	//    realdata
	//    -----END ACTUAL BLOCK-----
	//
	// we've failed to parse using the first BEGIN line
	// and now will try again, using the second BEGIN line.
	p, rest = Decode(rest)
	if p == nil {
		rest = data
	}
	return
}

const pemLineLength = 64

type lineBreaker struct {
	line [pemLineLength]byte
	used int
	out  io.Writer
}

func (l *lineBreaker) Write(b []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
	if l.used+len(b) < pemLineLength {
		copy(l.line[l.used:], b)
		l.used += len(b)
		return len(b), nil
	}

	n, err = l.out.Write(l.line[0:l.used])
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	excess := pemLineLength - l.used
	l.used = 0

	n, err = l.out.Write(b[0:excess])
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	n, err = l.out.Write([]byte{'\n'})
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	return l.Write(b[excess:])
}

func (l *lineBreaker) Close() (err os.Error) {
	if l.used > 0 {
		_, err = l.out.Write(l.line[0:l.used])
		if err != nil {
			return
		}
		_, err = l.out.Write([]byte{'\n'})
	}

	return
}

func Encode(out io.Writer, b *Block) (err os.Error) {
	_, err = out.Write(pemStart[1:])
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	_, err = out.Write([]byte(b.Type + "-----\n"))
	if err != nil {
		return
	}

	for k, v := range b.Headers {
		_, err = out.Write([]byte(k + ": " + v + "\n"))
		if err != nil {
			return
		}
	}

	if len(b.Headers) > 1 {
		_, err = out.Write([]byte{'\n'})
		if err != nil {
			return
		}
	}

	var breaker lineBreaker
	breaker.out = out

	b64 := base64.NewEncoder(base64.StdEncoding, &breaker)
	_, err = b64.Write(b.Bytes)
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	b64.Close()
	breaker.Close()

	_, err = out.Write(pemEnd[1:])
	if err != nil {
		return
	}
	_, err = out.Write([]byte(b.Type + "-----\n"))
	return
}

func EncodeToMemory(b *Block) []byte {
	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
	Encode(buf, b)
	return buf.Bytes()
}