nonrational / privnote-cli

:key: the power of privnote.com in your terminal

privnote-cli

the power of privnote.com in your terminal

privnote.com: Send notes that will self-destruct after being read.

Privnote.com allows you to create encrypted, burn-after-reading notes over the internet. privnote-cli allows you generate privnote links at the commandline. After you create a note, send the link to your intended recipient to open in a browser.

Installation

npm install -g privnote-cli
# don't forget to `nodenv rehash` if you're using nodenv

Usage

You bring the plaintext; privnote will print the link to stdout and the clipboard.

Type directly into stdin a la gpg. (Recommended)

$ privnote
bob,
the narwhal bacons at midnight.
-- alice
^D
https://privnote.com/n/abcdefghijklmnop/#qrstuvwxyz123456

Pipe the output of a command to privnote.

Be sure to clear your shell history ($HISTFILE) if you included secrets in your command.

$ ruby -e 'require "securerandom"; print "#{SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(12)}\n";' | privnote
https://privnote.com/n/abcdefghijklmnop/#qrstuvwxyz123456

Privnote files directly via input redirection.

$ privnote < secrets.txt
https://privnote.com/n/abcdefghijklmnop/#qrstuvwxyz123456

Release History

• v0.2.1 - Fix yarn installation (h/t @deecewan)
• v0.2.0 - Default to "no-ask" mode & provide --ask flag, upgrade to Privnote Ver. 1.1-24-gffcdb2d
• v0.1.0 - more recent node, remove trailing space, specify license
• v0.0.12 - Fixed compatibility with Privnote Ver. 1.0-41-g038c13a

Releasing

echo "doh! i forgot the releasing section" >> README.md
git add --all
git commit -m"added the releasing section, bc i'm forgetful."
npm version patch
git push origin master
npm publish

privnote-cli's Issues

Is there ability to read notes by links right in terminal?

refresh session token via raw GET on every request

currently, privnote's session keys don't expire, so i have one just hardcoded. that's not great...

util.print: Use console.log instead

$ node --version
v0.12.0
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.3.46(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0)

Not a one-time pad

I love privnote-cli but it is not a one-time pad. If I am right, please change the readme file.

In cryptography, the one-time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot be cracked, but requires the use of a one-time pre-shared key the same size as, or longer than, the message being sent. In this technique, a plaintext is paired with a random secret key (also referred to as a one-time pad).
Then, each bit or character of the plaintext is encrypted by combining it with the corresponding bit or character from the pad using modular addition. If the key is (1) truly random, (2) at least as long as the plaintext, (3) never reused in whole or in part, and (4) kept completely secret, then the resulting ciphertext will be impossible to decrypt or break.

^D without a newline doesn't end the note

$ node --version
v0.12.0
$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 4.3.46(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin15.5.0)

allow installation via npm

npm -g privnote-cli would be a beautiful thing.

extra space added at the end of text when using ^D

support recent node versions (v6, v7)

current supported version is v0.12.0, which is ancient.

support copying urls to clipboard after they're generated

https://github.com/xavi-/node-copy-paste ?