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a2cn-0.3.3/MANIFEST.in

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+# The sdist carries the package, its metadata and the licence. The tests read
+# the spec's vectors and schemas from the rest of the repository, so they run
+# only from a checkout; README.md is the repository's page, with relative links,
+# and PyPI shows README.pypi.md.
+prune tests
+exclude README.md

a2cn-0.3.3/PKG-INFO

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+Metadata-Version: 2.4
+Name: a2cn
+Version: 0.3.3
+Summary: Reference implementation of A2CN, the open protocol for agent-to-agent B2B commercial negotiation
+Author: Avinash Saraff, Christian Magorrian
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://a2cn.io
+Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN
+Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/issues
+Project-URL: Discussions, https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/discussions
+Project-URL: Changelog, https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
+Project-URL: Security policy, https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md
+Keywords: a2cn,agents,negotiation,b2b,procurement,protocol,did,signatures
+Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Office/Business
+Classifier: Topic :: Security :: Cryptography
+Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
+Requires-Python: >=3.11
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+License-File: LICENSE
+Requires-Dist: fastapi>=0.133.0
+Requires-Dist: starlette>=1.3.1
+Requires-Dist: uvicorn>=0.32
+Requires-Dist: httpx<0.29,>=0.27
+Requires-Dist: httpcore<2,>=1.0.9
+Requires-Dist: PyJWT>=2.15.0
+Requires-Dist: cryptography>=50.0.0
+Requires-Dist: jcs<0.4,>=0.2.1
+Requires-Dist: jsonschema>=4.26
+Provides-Extra: mcp
+Requires-Dist: mcp<2,>=1.30; extra == "mcp"
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: a2cn[mcp]; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: pytest>=9.0.3; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: pytest-asyncio>=1.3; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: python-multipart>=0.0.31; extra == "dev"
+Requires-Dist: respx>=0.22; extra == "dev"
+Dynamic: license-file
+
+# a2cn
+
+The Python reference implementation of [A2CN](https://a2cn.io), the open
+protocol for agent-to-agent B2B commercial negotiation: signed offers,
+counteroffers and acceptances between two parties' agents, and a transaction
+record that both sides can verify on their own.
+
+- Specification: [spec/](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/tree/main/spec)
+- Source: [reference-implementation/python](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/tree/main/reference-implementation/python)
+- Changelog: [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+- Security policy: [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md)
+
+**Status:** pre-1.0, and the specification is a draft. A minor (0.x) release
+may change the API, the wire protocol or a record format; the
+[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) says
+what changed. Security fixes go to the latest 0.3.x release, as the
+[security policy](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md)
+describes.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install a2cn
+```
+
+Requires Python 3.11 or later.
+
+```python
+import a2cn
+
+print(a2cn.__version__, a2cn.PROTOCOL_VERSIONS)
+```
+
+The library lives in the `a2cn` package's modules: `a2cn.client` and
+`a2cn.server` for the HTTP client and server, `a2cn.record` and
+`a2cn.evidence` for the transaction and evidence records, `a2cn.crypto` for
+signing and verification, and `a2cn.did` for DID resolution. The
+[repository README](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/reference-implementation/python/README.md)
+walks through the demos and the architecture.
+
+## Verify a record
+
+Installing the package installs `a2cn-verify`. Put a deal's TransactionRecord
+and its session's evidence record in one folder, and point the verifier at it:
+
+```bash
+a2cn-verify deal/                 # or: python -m a2cn.verify deal/
+a2cn-verify deal/ --offline       # fetch nothing; use DID documents saved in the folder
+```
+
+It verifies each record with the library's own checks and fetches the parties'
+DID documents from their sites (a did:web DID is its own address). For every
+record it prints `VERIFIED`, `REFUSED:` with the reason, or `COULD NOT FINISH`
+with what is missing. Exit status: 0 everything verified, 1 something was
+refused, 3 nothing was refused but something could not finish, 2 bad usage.
+`a2cn-verify --help` lists every option.
+
+## MCP server
+
+The MCP server (`mcp_server.py`) is not part of this package. Run it from a
+source checkout with the `mcp` extra:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN.git
+cd A2CN/reference-implementation/python
+pip install -e '.[mcp]'
+python mcp_server.py
+```
+
+## Questions, bugs and security
+
+- **Questions and ideas** go in
+  [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/discussions).
+- **Bugs** go in [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/issues).
+  Include the package version (`a2cn.__version__`), your Python version, and how
+  you installed the package (from PyPI or from a source checkout).
+- **Security vulnerabilities** never go in a public issue. Report them
+  privately, as [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md)
+  describes.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/LICENSE).

a2cn-0.3.3/README.pypi.md

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+# a2cn
+
+The Python reference implementation of [A2CN](https://a2cn.io), the open
+protocol for agent-to-agent B2B commercial negotiation: signed offers,
+counteroffers and acceptances between two parties' agents, and a transaction
+record that both sides can verify on their own.
+
+- Specification: [spec/](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/tree/main/spec)
+- Source: [reference-implementation/python](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/tree/main/reference-implementation/python)
+- Changelog: [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
+- Security policy: [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md)
+
+**Status:** pre-1.0, and the specification is a draft. A minor (0.x) release
+may change the API, the wire protocol or a record format; the
+[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) says
+what changed. Security fixes go to the latest 0.3.x release, as the
+[security policy](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md)
+describes.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+pip install a2cn
+```
+
+Requires Python 3.11 or later.
+
+```python
+import a2cn
+
+print(a2cn.__version__, a2cn.PROTOCOL_VERSIONS)
+```
+
+The library lives in the `a2cn` package's modules: `a2cn.client` and
+`a2cn.server` for the HTTP client and server, `a2cn.record` and
+`a2cn.evidence` for the transaction and evidence records, `a2cn.crypto` for
+signing and verification, and `a2cn.did` for DID resolution. The
+[repository README](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/reference-implementation/python/README.md)
+walks through the demos and the architecture.
+
+## Verify a record
+
+Installing the package installs `a2cn-verify`. Put a deal's TransactionRecord
+and its session's evidence record in one folder, and point the verifier at it:
+
+```bash
+a2cn-verify deal/                 # or: python -m a2cn.verify deal/
+a2cn-verify deal/ --offline       # fetch nothing; use DID documents saved in the folder
+```
+
+It verifies each record with the library's own checks and fetches the parties'
+DID documents from their sites (a did:web DID is its own address). For every
+record it prints `VERIFIED`, `REFUSED:` with the reason, or `COULD NOT FINISH`
+with what is missing. Exit status: 0 everything verified, 1 something was
+refused, 3 nothing was refused but something could not finish, 2 bad usage.
+`a2cn-verify --help` lists every option.
+
+## MCP server
+
+The MCP server (`mcp_server.py`) is not part of this package. Run it from a
+source checkout with the `mcp` extra:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN.git
+cd A2CN/reference-implementation/python
+pip install -e '.[mcp]'
+python mcp_server.py
+```
+
+## Questions, bugs and security
+
+- **Questions and ideas** go in
+  [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/discussions).
+- **Bugs** go in [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/issues).
+  Include the package version (`a2cn.__version__`), your Python version, and how
+  you installed the package (from PyPI or from a source checkout).
+- **Security vulnerabilities** never go in a public issue. Report them
+  privately, as [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/SECURITY.md)
+  describes.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/A2CN-protocol/A2CN/blob/main/LICENSE).

a2cn-0.3.3/a2cn/__init__.py

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+"""A2CN reference implementation."""
+
+import json
+from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, distribution
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib.request import url2pathname
+
+_SOURCE_VERSION = "0.0.0+source"
+
+
+def _installed_version() -> str:
+    """The version of the installed distribution that owns this source tree.
+
+    Another distribution named ``a2cn`` may be installed while Python imports a
+    different tree, so its version is reported only when that distribution's
+    files, or its editable install root, are the tree imported here.
+    """
+    try:
+        dist = distribution("a2cn")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        return _SOURCE_VERSION
+    here = Path(__file__).resolve()
+    if Path(dist.locate_file("a2cn/__init__.py")).resolve() == here:
+        return dist.version
+    direct_url = dist.read_text("direct_url.json")
+    if direct_url:
+        info = json.loads(direct_url)
+        url = urlparse(info.get("url", ""))
+        if info.get("dir_info", {}).get("editable") and url.scheme == "file":
+            if Path(url2pathname(url.path)).resolve() == here.parent.parent:
+                return dist.version
+    return _SOURCE_VERSION
+
+
+__version__ = _installed_version()
+
+from a2cn.versions import PROTOCOL_VERSIONS  # noqa: E402
+
+__all__ = ["PROTOCOL_VERSIONS", "__version__"]

a2cn-0.3.3/a2cn/acts.py

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+"""Verify one signed act on its own (Sections 7.3 to 7.6).
+
+A record verifier checks the acts inside a record; this checks a single act an
+auditor holds by itself: an offer, counteroffer, acceptance, rejection or
+withdrawal. It rebuilds the object the act's signature covers with the same
+primitive the records use (``rebuild_signed_act``, Section 7.3.1), requires the
+signing method to be under the sender's DID, and verifies the signature against
+the key that DID document lists for it. For an offer or counteroffer the act's
+stated ``protocol_act_hash`` must also equal the rebuilt hash (Section 7.3.2).
+
+A verified act proves who signed which terms. It says nothing about the session
+around it: whether the act was in turn, in time, or ever accepted.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Callable, Mapping
+from typing import Any
+
+from jwt.exceptions import InvalidSignatureError
+
+from a2cn.crypto import hash_object, verify_jws
+from a2cn.did import (
+    VerificationMethodNotFoundError,
+    get_public_key,
+    get_verification_method,
+    require_did_document_for,
+)
+from a2cn.messages import SIGNED_ACT_SIGNATURE_FIELDS, SUPPORTED_WIRE_VERSIONS, rebuild_signed_act
+
+DidResolver = Mapping[str, dict] | Callable[[str], dict]
+
+#: The act types this verifies: every act that carries its own signature.
+SIGNED_ACT_TYPES = tuple(SIGNED_ACT_SIGNATURE_FIELDS)
+
+# Why an act does not verify. verify_signed_act_reason returns one of these, or
+# None when the act verifies.
+ACT_REASON_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE = "UNSUPPORTED_ACT_TYPE"
+ACT_REASON_VERSION_UNSTATED = "WIRE_VERSION_UNSTATED"
+ACT_REASON_NOT_RECOMPUTABLE = "ACT_NOT_RECOMPUTABLE"
+ACT_REASON_HASH_MISMATCH = "PROTOCOL_ACT_HASH_MISMATCH"
+ACT_REASON_SIGNATURE_MISSING = "SIGNATURE_MISSING"
+ACT_REASON_METHOD_NOT_CONTROLLED = "VERIFICATION_METHOD_NOT_CONTROLLED"
+ACT_REASON_KEY_NOT_FOUND = "KEY_NOT_FOUND"
+ACT_REASON_KEY_UNUSABLE = "VERIFICATION_METHOD_UNUSABLE"
+ACT_REASON_SIGNATURE_INVALID = "SIGNATURE_INVALID"
+
+
+def verify_signed_act_reason(
+    act: Any,
+    did_resolver: DidResolver,
+    *,
+    wire_version: str | None = None,
+) -> str | None:
+    """Why ``act`` does not verify, or None when its signature does.
+
+    ``wire_version`` stands in for a ``protocol_version`` the act does not state.
+    An act received inside a session states none and is rebuilt under the
+    session's negotiated version (Section 7.3.1); held on its own, nothing says
+    which version that was, so the caller must say. An act that states its
+    version is always rebuilt under it, and ``wire_version`` is then ignored.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(act, Mapping) or act.get("message_type") not in SIGNED_ACT_SIGNATURE_FIELDS:
+        return ACT_REASON_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE
+    if "protocol_version" not in act and wire_version not in SUPPORTED_WIRE_VERSIONS:
+        return ACT_REASON_VERSION_UNSTATED
+
+    rebuilt = rebuild_signed_act(act, version_when_absent=wire_version or "")
+    if rebuilt is None:
+        return ACT_REASON_NOT_RECOMPUTABLE
+    try:
+        expected_hash = hash_object(rebuilt)
+    except ValueError:
+        # A string with no UTF-8 encoding (a lone surrogate) cannot be
+        # canonicalized (RFC 8785): the act cannot be recomputed.
+        return ACT_REASON_NOT_RECOMPUTABLE
+    if act["message_type"] in ("offer", "counteroffer") and act.get("protocol_act_hash") != expected_hash:
+        return ACT_REASON_HASH_MISMATCH
+
+    signature = act.get(SIGNED_ACT_SIGNATURE_FIELDS[act["message_type"]])
+    verification_method = act.get("sender_verification_method")
+    sender_did = act.get("sender_did")
+    if not (isinstance(signature, str) and signature) or not (
+        isinstance(verification_method, str) and verification_method
+    ):
+        return ACT_REASON_SIGNATURE_MISSING
+    if not (
+        isinstance(sender_did, str)
+        and sender_did
+        and (verification_method == sender_did or verification_method.startswith(f"{sender_did}#"))
+    ):
+        return ACT_REASON_METHOD_NOT_CONTROLLED
+
+    try:
+        did_document = require_did_document_for(
+            did_resolver(sender_did) if callable(did_resolver) else did_resolver[sender_did],
+            sender_did,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        # A DID document the resolver cannot supply is a key that is not
+        # available, exactly like one the document does not list; so is a
+        # document whose id is not sender_did (Section 4.2).
+        return ACT_REASON_KEY_NOT_FOUND
+    try:
+        method = get_verification_method(did_document, verification_method)
+    except VerificationMethodNotFoundError:
+        # The document does not list this key: rotated, or never published. The
+        # signature cannot be checked either way, which is not a refusal.
+        return ACT_REASON_KEY_NOT_FOUND
+    except Exception:
+        return ACT_REASON_KEY_UNUSABLE
+    try:
+        public_key = get_public_key(method)
+    except Exception:
+        # Listed but unreadable (a coordinate that is not unpadded base64url,
+        # an unsupported type): the key is not available, as when unlisted.
+        return ACT_REASON_KEY_NOT_FOUND
+    try:
+        signed_payload = verify_jws(signature, public_key)
+    except (InvalidSignatureError, ValueError):
+        # A signature that does not verify, or bytes that are not a JWS at all.
+        return ACT_REASON_SIGNATURE_INVALID
+    if signed_payload != expected_hash:
+        return ACT_REASON_SIGNATURE_INVALID
+    return None
+
+
+def verify_signed_act(act: Any, did_resolver: DidResolver, *, wire_version: str | None = None) -> bool:
+    """Whether ``act``'s signature verifies; ``verify_signed_act_reason`` says why not."""
+    return verify_signed_act_reason(act, did_resolver, wire_version=wire_version) is None