@headlessoracle/verify

Verify cryptographically signed market-state receipts from Headless Oracle.

Zero production dependencies. Uses the Web Crypto API built into Node.js 18+, Cloudflare Workers, and all modern browsers.

Install

npm install @headlessoracle/verify

Quickstart

import { verify } from '@headlessoracle/verify';

// Fetch a receipt from the Oracle
const receipt = await fetch('https://api.headlessoracle.com/v5/demo?mic=XNYS')
  .then(r => r.json());

// Verify the Ed25519 signature and TTL
const { valid, reason } = await verify(receipt);
if (!valid) {
  console.error('Invalid receipt:', reason); // 'EXPIRED', 'INVALID_SIGNATURE', etc.
  halt();
}

// Check market status — HALTED and UNKNOWN must be treated as CLOSED
if (receipt.status !== 'OPEN') halt();

Three lines. No configuration required.

API

verify(receipt, options?)

Returns Promise<{ valid: boolean; reason?: VerifyFailureReason }>.

// Fetch public key automatically (one network call per verification)
await verify(receipt);

// Pass public key directly — no network call
await verify(receipt, { publicKey: '03dc2799...' });

// Override current time in tests
await verify(receipt, { publicKey: '03dc2799...', now: new Date('2026-03-01') });

Options:

| Option | Type | Default | Description | |--------|------|---------|-------------| | publicKey | string | — | Ed25519 public key (64-char hex). Skips key registry fetch. | | keysUrl | string | https://api.headlessoracle.com/.well-known/oracle-keys.json | Key registry URL. | | now | Date | new Date() | Current time override. Useful in tests. |

Failure reasons:

| Reason | Meaning | |--------|---------| | MISSING_FIELDS | Receipt is missing signature, public_key_id, expires_at, or issued_at. | | EXPIRED | expires_at has passed. Fetch a fresh receipt before acting. | | UNKNOWN_KEY | public_key_id not in the key registry. Key may have rotated. | | INVALID_SIGNATURE | Ed25519 signature does not match. Receipt may have been tampered with. | | KEY_FETCH_FAILED | Network error fetching the key registry. | | INVALID_KEY_FORMAT | Public key or signature is not valid hex. |

Receipt TTL

Oracle receipts expire 60 seconds after issued_at. verify rejects any receipt where expires_at ≤ now. Always fetch a fresh receipt before acting — never reuse a cached receipt.

Status semantics

After successful verification, check receipt.status:

| Status | Meaning | Action | |--------|---------|--------| | OPEN | Market is open for trading | Proceed | | CLOSED | Market is closed | Do not trade | | HALTED | Circuit breaker active | Halt execution | | UNKNOWN | Oracle safe-state | Halt all execution |

UNKNOWN means the Oracle cannot determine market state. Always treat it as CLOSED.

Caching the public key

For high-throughput use, fetch the public key once and pass it on every call:

// At startup — fetch once
const { keys } = await fetch('https://api.headlessoracle.com/.well-known/oracle-keys.json')
  .then(r => r.json());
const publicKey = keys[0].public_key;

// On every receipt — no network call
const { valid } = await verify(receipt, { publicKey });

Authenticated receipts

The /v5/demo endpoint is public. For production use, /v5/status requires an API key and returns the same signed receipt format — verify works identically for both:

const receipt = await fetch('https://api.headlessoracle.com/v5/status?mic=XNYS', {
  headers: { 'X-Oracle-Key': process.env.ORACLE_API_KEY },
}).then(r => r.json());

const { valid } = await verify(receipt, { publicKey });

Batch receipts

/v5/batch returns an array of independently signed receipts. Verify each one individually:

const { receipts } = await fetch('https://api.headlessoracle.com/v5/batch?mics=XNYS,XLON', {
  headers: { 'X-Oracle-Key': process.env.ORACLE_API_KEY },
}).then(r => r.json());

for (const receipt of receipts) {
  const { valid } = await verify(receipt, { publicKey });
  if (!valid || receipt.status !== 'OPEN') halt(receipt.mic);
}

Verification spec

Receipts are signed with Ed25519. The canonical payload is all receipt fields except signature, keys sorted alphabetically, JSON.stringify'd with no whitespace, UTF-8 encoded. The field list for each receipt type is published at /v5/keys → canonical_payload_spec.

Runtime requirements

• Node.js 18+ (crypto.subtle with Ed25519)
• Cloudflare Workers — supported
• Browsers — Chrome 113+, Firefox 126+, Safari 17+

License

MIT