work on new flow plugin and block metadata caching

onionr/core.py

@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ class Core:
 
         return
 
-    def getBlockList(self, unsaved = False): # TODO: Use unsaved
+    def getBlockList(self, unsaved = False): # TODO: Use unsaved??
         '''
             Get list of our blocks
         '''
@@ -658,6 +658,16 @@ class Core:
     def updateBlockInfo(self, hash, key, data):
         '''
             sets info associated with a block
+            
+            hash         - the hash of a block
+            dateReceived - the date the block was recieved, not necessarily when it was created
+            decrypted    - if we can successfully decrypt the block (does not describe its current state)
+            dataType     - data type of the block
+            dataFound    - if the data has been found for the block
+            dataSaved    - if the data has been saved for the block
+            sig    - optional signature by the author (not optional if author is specified)
+            author       - multi-round partial sha3-256 hash of authors public key
+            dateClaimed  - timestamp claimed inside the block, only as trustworthy as the block author is
         '''
 
         if key not in ('dateReceived', 'decrypted', 'dataType', 'dataFound', 'dataSaved', 'sig', 'author', 'dateClaimed'):

onionr/onionrblockapi.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 '''
 
-import core as onionrcore, logger, config
+import core as onionrcore, logger, config, onionrexceptions
 import json, os, sys, datetime, base64
 
 class Block:
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Block:
             hash = hash.decode()
         except AttributeError:
             pass
+
         self.hash = hash
         self.core = core
         self.btype = type
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ class Block:
         if self.getCore() is None:
             self.core = onionrcore.Core()
         
+        if not self.core._utils.validateHash(self.hash):
+            raise onionrexceptions.InvalidHexHash('specified block hash is not valid')
+
         # update the blocks' contents if it exists
         if not self.getHash() is None:
             if not self.update():

onionr/onionrexceptions.py

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class InvalidPubkey(Exception):
 class InvalidMetadata(Exception):
     pass
 
+class InvalidHexHash(Exception):
+    '''When a string is not a valid hex string of appropriate length for a hash value'''
+    pass
+
 # network level exceptions
 class MissingPort(Exception):
     pass

onionr/onionrutils.py

@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ class OnionrUtils:
             Read metadata from a block and cache it to the block database
         '''
         myBlock = Block(myBlock, self._core)
+        self._core.updateBlockInfo(blockHash, 'dataType', myBlock.getType())
 
 
     def getBlockDBHash(self):