changed encoding of structs

netclient/config/config.go

@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	//"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/ed25519"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -46,10 +48,33 @@ type RegisterRequest struct {
 	Key ed25519.PublicKey
 }
 
+// ConvertStructToByte - util to convert bytes to a key to use elsewhere
+func ConvertCertToBytes(cert x509.Certificate) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	var enc = gob.NewEncoder(&buffer)
+	if err := enc.Encode(cert); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
+}
+
+// ConvertStructToByte - util to convert bytes to a key to use elsewhere
+func ConvertBytesToCert(data []byte) (x509.Certificate, error) {
+	var buffer = bytes.NewBuffer(data)
+	var dec = gob.NewDecoder(buffer)
+	var result = new(x509.Certificate)
+	var err = dec.Decode(result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return *result, err
+	}
+	return *result, nil
+}
+
+// RegisterResponse - the response to register function
 type RegisterResponse struct {
-	Key  ed25519.PrivateKey
-	CA   x509.Certificate
-	Cert x509.Certificate
+	Key       ed25519.PrivateKey
+	CABytes   []byte
+	CertBytes []byte
 }
 
 // Write - writes the config of a client to disk