Intro:
So I am new to JavaScript and I would like to know how I can use the return from an async function without using .then or anything of that sort (if not, then is it possible to use this in a way that I can access the return in scope of the signupData() function). So I am encrypting things with ECIES scheme using Secp256k1 keys to be sent to the API for later usage, however, I think the .encrypt under the encryptMes section in the post invokes a promise. Below is relevant code:
signup.html
<form id="login-form" name ="signup-form">
<input class="login-form-field" type="text" name="user" placeholder="username">
<input class="login-form-field" type="text" name="email" placeholder="email">
<input class="login-form-field" type="password" name="dob" placeholder="date of birth">
<br>
<!--<button class="actionButton"></button>-->
<INPUT TYPE="button" class="button-success" NAME="button" Value="sign up" onClick="signupData(this.form)">
<br>
<div class="signup">
<a href="login.html">login</a>
</div>
</form>
function signupData(form) //add to this script
{
console.log("signup data is starting");
var user = form.user.value;
var email = form.email.value;
var dob = form.dob.value;
console.log("checkpoint: 1");
genSKey();
console.log("checkpoint: 2");
console.log("checkpoint: 3");
var enUser = encryptMes(user); //why does this invoke a promise?
var enDOB = encryptMes(dob);
var data = {name:"LifeNet", members:{}} //you added members to the same area in the object so it is always replacing members since it's the field of data
data.members[enUser] = {profilePic:{},enDOB, listeners:{}, listening:{}, friends:{}, requested:{}, blocked:{}, channel:false}
console.log("checkpoint: 3");
console.log({data});
apiPost({data});
//pass the signup function in here
//hash the variables and send to celox network
//console.log(JSON.stringify({data}));
//alert (`copy and save your Private Key to somewhere safe: ${skey}`);
//window.location.href= "login.html";
}
encryptMes function:
window.encryptMes = async function(data)
{
//for this you need to get the sender's public key to encrypt the message
console.log("encryptmes: began");
var pkey = genPKey();
if (pkey === null || undefined)
{
console.log('You do not have a key pair');
}
var encryptedMes = await eccrypto.encrypt(pkey, Buffer.from(data));
var enMes = encryptedMes.toString('hex');
console.log(encryptedMes); //could be this since it is not stringified when it goes into celox network
console.log(enMes);
return enMes;
}
Focus: How can I access the return of the async function, encryptMes, without ".then", so I can use it in the scope of the signupData() function in the html file?
