# Module `onionr.onionrutils.blockmetadata.process`

Onionr - Private P2P Communication

Process block metadata with relevant actions

Source code

    '''
        Onionr - Private P2P Communication

        Process block metadata with relevant actions
    '''
    '''
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        it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
        the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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        This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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    '''

    from etc import onionrvalues
    from onionrblocks import onionrblockapi
    from .. import epoch, bytesconverter
    from coredb import blockmetadb
    import logger
    from onionrplugins import onionrevents
    import onionrexceptions
    from onionrusers import onionrusers

    def process_block_metadata(blockHash: str):
        '''
            Read metadata from a block and cache it to the block database

            blockHash -> sha3_256 hex formatted hash of Onionr block
        '''
        curTime = epoch.get_rounded_epoch(roundS=60)
        myBlock = onionrblockapi.Block(blockHash)
        if myBlock.isEncrypted:
            myBlock.decrypt()
        if (myBlock.isEncrypted and myBlock.decrypted) or (not myBlock.isEncrypted):
            blockType = myBlock.getMetadata('type') # we would use myBlock.getType() here, but it is bugged with encrypted blocks

            signer = bytesconverter.bytes_to_str(myBlock.signer)
            valid = myBlock.verifySig()
            if valid:
                if myBlock.getMetadata('newFSKey') is not None:
                    try:
                        onionrusers.OnionrUser(signer).addForwardKey(myBlock.getMetadata('newFSKey'))
                    except onionrexceptions.InvalidPubkey:
                        logger.warn('%s has invalid forward secrecy key to add: %s' % (signer, myBlock.getMetadata('newFSKey')))

            try:
                if len(blockType) <= onionrvalues.MAX_BLOCK_TYPE_LENGTH:
                    blockmetadb.update_block_info(blockHash, 'dataType', blockType)
            except TypeError:
                logger.warn("Missing block information")
                pass
            # Set block expire time if specified
            try:
                expireTime = int(myBlock.getHeader('expire'))
                # test that expire time is an integer of sane length (for epoch)
                # doesn't matter if its too large because of the min() func below
                if not len(str(expireTime)) < 20: raise ValueError('timestamp invalid')
            except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
                expireTime = onionrvalues.DEFAULT_EXPIRE + curTime
            finally:
                expireTime = min(expireTime, curTime + onionrvalues.DEFAULT_EXPIRE)
                blockmetadb.update_block_info(blockHash, 'expire', expireTime)

            onionrevents.event('processblocks', data = {'block': myBlock, 'type': blockType, 'signer': signer, 'validSig': valid})

## Functions

`def process_block_metadata(blockHash)`

  Read metadata from a block and cache it to the block database

  blockHash -> sha3_256 hex formatted hash of Onionr block

  Source code

      def process_block_metadata(blockHash: str):
          '''
              Read metadata from a block and cache it to the block database

              blockHash -> sha3_256 hex formatted hash of Onionr block
          '''
          curTime = epoch.get_rounded_epoch(roundS=60)
          myBlock = onionrblockapi.Block(blockHash)
          if myBlock.isEncrypted:
              myBlock.decrypt()
          if (myBlock.isEncrypted and myBlock.decrypted) or (not myBlock.isEncrypted):
              blockType = myBlock.getMetadata('type') # we would use myBlock.getType() here, but it is bugged with encrypted blocks

              signer = bytesconverter.bytes_to_str(myBlock.signer)
              valid = myBlock.verifySig()
              if valid:
                  if myBlock.getMetadata('newFSKey') is not None:
                      try:
                          onionrusers.OnionrUser(signer).addForwardKey(myBlock.getMetadata('newFSKey'))
                      except onionrexceptions.InvalidPubkey:
                          logger.warn('%s has invalid forward secrecy key to add: %s' % (signer, myBlock.getMetadata('newFSKey')))

              try:
                  if len(blockType) <= onionrvalues.MAX_BLOCK_TYPE_LENGTH:
                      blockmetadb.update_block_info(blockHash, 'dataType', blockType)
              except TypeError:
                  logger.warn("Missing block information")
                  pass
              # Set block expire time if specified
              try:
                  expireTime = int(myBlock.getHeader('expire'))
                  # test that expire time is an integer of sane length (for epoch)
                  # doesn't matter if its too large because of the min() func below
                  if not len(str(expireTime)) < 20: raise ValueError('timestamp invalid')
              except (ValueError, TypeError) as e:
                  expireTime = onionrvalues.DEFAULT_EXPIRE + curTime
              finally:
                  expireTime = min(expireTime, curTime + onionrvalues.DEFAULT_EXPIRE)
                  blockmetadb.update_block_info(blockHash, 'expire', expireTime)

              onionrevents.event('processblocks', data = {'block': myBlock, 'type': blockType, 'signer': signer, 'validSig': valid})