Function to create AuthReq

Cargo.lock

@@ -3992,6 +3992,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "nym-sphinx",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
 ]
 

common/authenticator-requests/Cargo.toml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 bincode = { workspace = true }
+rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 
 nym-sphinx = { path = "../nymsphinx" }

common/authenticator-requests/src/v1/request.rs

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::make_bincode_serializer;
 
+use super::VERSION;
+
+fn generate_random() -> u64 {
+    use rand::RngCore;
+    let mut rng = rand::rngs::OsRng;
+    rng.next_u64()
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct AuthenticatorRequest {
     pub version: u8,
@@ -21,6 +29,18 @@ impl AuthenticatorRequest {
         use bincode::Options;
         make_bincode_serializer().deserialize(&message.message)
     }
+
+    pub fn new_initial_request(init_message: InitMessage, reply_to: Recipient) -> (Self, u64) {
+        let request_id = generate_random();
+        (
+            Self {
+                version: VERSION,
+                data: AuthenticatorRequestData::Initial(init_message),
+                reply_to,
+            },
+            request_id,
+        )
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]