Welcome to etsi_qkd_014_client’s documentation!

etsi_qkd_014_client is a library that implements the ETSI GS QKD 014 specifications and easily allows you to interact with a QKD server implementing the server side of these specifications.

Here is an example for a simple key exchange using the client

from etsi_qkd_014_client import QKD014Client

client_alice = QKD014Client(
   "192.168.10.101",
   "clientCert.pem",
   "clientKey.pem",
   "rootCA.pem",
   force_insecure=True
)

client_bob = QKD014Client(
   "192.168.10.106",
   "clientBobCert.pem",
   "clientBobKey.pem",
   "rootCA.pem",
   force_insecure=True
)

code, data = client_alice.get_key("SAEBOB") # By default, this request one key of 256 bits

print(code) # 200

print(data)

# Key id : 8c3c8d07-4827-47b7-a61b-db9b95f01cb9
# Key : H7prwEw/MNN8AcpMnSUyt2fIXguhofof3qLt2O9uc5U=

if code == 200:
   key_id = data.keys[0].key_id
   key_alice = data.keys[0].key

   code, data = client_bob.get_key_with_key_IDs("SAEALICE", [key_id])

   print(code) # 200

   print(data)

   # Key id : 8c3c8d07-4827-47b7-a61b-db9b95f01cb9
   # Key : H7prwEw/MNN8AcpMnSUyt2fIXguhofof3qLt2O9uc5U=

   key_bob = data.keys[0].key

   print(key_alice == key_bob) # True

Features

  • Connect to a QKD server, using a custom CA, key and cert;

  • Retrieve status of the QKD server with the get_status() command;

  • Retrieve a secure key using the get_key() command;

  • Retrieve a secure key knowing the key’s ID using the get_key_with_key_IDs() command.

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