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Encrypt and Decrypt Data

Use nilQL to encrypt and decrypt data.

  1. To apply encryption to your data, they are to be secret shared across your selected nodes.
  2. This is to be done with nilQL, a library for working with encrypted data within nilDB queries and replies, available in Python and TypeScript.
  3. You can find an example on using nilQL to encrypt/decrypt data below.

Installation​

Install nilQL using your preferred package manager:

Install nilql-py, the Python library for server-side applications

  pip install nilql

Standalone Library Usage​

nildb/secretvault_python/encryption.py
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Usage with SecretVault and SecretDataAnalytics​

To encrypt data for use within SecretVault and SecretDataAnalytics, you can create a cluster key by passing in

  • your cluster config of node urls and node DIDs
  • your selected operation (store, match, sum)
const cluster = {
  nodes: [
    {
      url: 'https://nildb-zy8u.nillion.network',
      did: 'did:nil:testnet:nillion1fnhettvcrsfu8zkd5zms4d820l0ct226c3zy8u',
    },
    {
      url: 'https://nildb-rl5g.nillion.network',
      did: 'did:nil:testnet:nillion14x47xx85de0rg9dqunsdxg8jh82nvkax3jrl5g',
    },
    {
      url: 'https://nildb-lpjp.nillion.network',
      did: 'did:nil:testnet:nillion167pglv9k7m4gj05rwj520a46tulkff332vlpjp',
    }
  ]
}

const operation = {
  store: true
}
nilQl/wrapper.js
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