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QuicProQuo Ruby SDK

Ruby FFI gem wrapping libquicproquo_ffi for the quicproquo E2E encrypted messenger.

Prerequisites

  • Ruby 3.1+
  • libquicproquo_ffi built for the target platform

Installation

gem install quicproquo

Or add to your Gemfile:

gem "quicproquo"

Building the Native Library

cargo build --release -p quicproquo-ffi

Set QPQ_LIB_PATH if the library is not in the default search path.

Usage

require "quicproquo"

# Block form (auto-disconnect)
QuicProQuo::Client.open("127.0.0.1:5001", ca_cert: "ca.pem") do |client|
  client.login("alice", "secret")
  client.send("bob", "hello from Ruby!")

  messages = client.receive(timeout_ms: 5000)
  messages.each { |msg| puts msg }
end

# Manual lifecycle
client = QuicProQuo::Client.new("127.0.0.1:5001", ca_cert: "ca.pem")
client.login("alice", "secret")
client.send("bob", "hello")
client.disconnect

API

Method Description
Client.new(server, ca_cert:, server_name:) Connect to server
Client.open(server, **opts) { |c| ... } Connect with auto-disconnect
client.login(username, password) OPAQUE authentication
client.send(recipient, message) Send message by username
client.receive(timeout_ms: 5000) Receive pending messages
client.disconnect Disconnect
client.connected? Connection status

Error Handling

begin
  client.login("alice", "wrong")
rescue QuicProQuo::AuthError => e
  puts "Auth failed: #{e.message}"
rescue QuicProQuo::TimeoutError => e
  puts "Timeout: #{e.message}"
rescue QuicProQuo::Error => e
  puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end

Structure

  • lib/quicproquo/client.rb -- High-level client
  • lib/quicproquo/ffi_bindings.rb -- FFI function declarations
  • lib/quicproquo/errors.rb -- Exception classes
  • examples/demo.rb -- Usage example